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temp8964
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Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computer...
It sounds like there are Windows computers on Mars?
phoe-krk
on Feb 19, 2021
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Not necessarily. Any positive integer is greater than zero.
shmerl
on Feb 19, 2021
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No one wants to be in situation like this (:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP31lluUDWU&t=30
fireball_blaze
on Feb 19, 2021
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Where did you get that impression?
jimmaswell
on Feb 19, 2021
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There were presumably computers there before on the other rovers. They either had Windows or a third OS or no OS according to the title.
jandrese
on Feb 19, 2021
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Given the relatively slow CPUs and limited memory on those older rovers I would expect an embedded OS before Windows. Think QNX or VxWorks, not Windows NT.
lights0123
on Feb 19, 2021
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VxWorks, specifically.
yellowapple
on Feb 20, 2021
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Some cyclic executives and such, too.
peter303
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Perhaps when Russian or Chinese probes successfully land. They are both notorious for "borrowing" US software.
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