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Open Source and NASA's Mars Rover (O'Reilly)

[Posted August 4, 2004 by cook]

Ann Barcomb examines the use of open-source software in NASA's Mars Rover program. "In addition to this cornucopia of Java, applications such as MySQL, Linux, CVS, and Emacs reduced the workload of the team. Open source software (OSS) was vital to the success of the project because it conserved team resources. In combination with commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, open source software reduced costs, simplified the overall system design, and allowed access to outside experts."
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Open Source and NASA's Mars Rover (O'Reilly)

Posted Aug 12, 2004 13:36 UTC (Thu) by leandro (guest, #1460) [Link]

> applications such as MySQL, Linux, CVS, and Emacs reduced the workload of the team

Just imagine how much workload would be reduced – and thus taxpayers’ money saved and quality increased – if they knew that PostgreSQL is so much better than MySQL.


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