Comment Re:Thanks! (Score 0) 300
I can respond a bit to #2. Alternatives don't mean anything if your software vendors aren't writing their programs in that OS. For example you probably are familiar with Kyma (Diesel Engine Monitoriing Performance) or maybe ChartCo or WNI's 'Orion' weather product. Or maybe Globewireless or Rydex's e-mail suites. All of these large vessel programs run on Windows. Period. There's no reason to spend months working on a Linux solution if your SOLAS or ABS required software won't work on it. First find out your boundries and work from there.
