The Centre for Railway Information Systems, the umbrella organization for all computer activities on Indian Railways, along with Microsoft, has come out with a unique system for effectively monitoring the movement of trains operated by the Indian Railways. Built on Windows Vista, the Control Office application, will ensure that the 17 million passengers who travel by the Indian Railways every day and users of its freight services will get real time information on the exact location and arrival and departure times of all trains on their phones.
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What are you talking about? I count 10 atleast?
the pic that u see above is not of Indian Railway its of Pakistan Railway.. Indian railway doesnt use green colors, and also if you notice on the left side coach on top.. you will find its written in all urdu.
so you fail
no it was a feature in 9x... I only ever had Blue screens when video drivers or bad drivers where written in XP... and that is HARDLY MS's fault!
LMAO, clicked comments because I couldn't resist making a joke out of it, but yeh, they are gonna call this the Microsoft Blue Train Screening OS
Because if they were smart they'd use Server 08 like someone else mentioned.
Should be using a stable Server OS for mission critical apps instead of a semi stable Desktop OS.
And no I'm not stuck on XP, I just understand software and it's uses
Because if they were smart they'd use Server 08 like someone else mentioned.
Should be using a stable Server OS for mission critical apps instead of a semi stable Desktop OS.
And no I'm not stuck on XP, I just understand software and it's uses
You and that other guy really are clueless. Server 08 = Vista + more networking solutions and some added encryption.
If you have Vista Ultimate SP1, its really not that different from Server 08. And in case you didn't know, Server 08 was built off of Vista. So shut your mindless rants and get some brains.
It wasn't so much 'built off of Vista' as it is 'IS Vista'.
Server 2008 and Vista SP1 share a common codebase. Every binary in Server 2008 has been compiled from the exact same source code as the corresponding binary in Vista SP1.
It wasn't so much 'built off of Vista' as it is 'IS Vista'.
Server 2008 and Vista SP1 share a common codebase. Every binary in Server 2008 has been compiled from the exact same source code as the corresponding binary in Vista SP1.
Haha I see what you are trying to say, but just to counter your "correction":
Server 08 was built OFF OF Vista. Vista SP1 was built OFF OF Server 08.
Sorry but the desire to pwn just struck me when you said that.
But I'm still waiting for someone to actually do a diff / use beyond compare's directory compare on a fresh install of vista 64 sp1 and server 2008 64, and write up a summary of the reality.
The people who have installed 2008 and then turned on all the vista default install options, aero etc, still swear blind it runs a hell of a lot better than v64 SP1, and I'd like to know why.
Now, if there was just a way to find an affordable, legal copy of Windows 2008... that might help some of us.
If you actually took the time to read the article, there is no mention of the server; the only thing mentioned is the client (Windows Vista) and the client software that will run on it.
As for the whole setup; I'm a Mac zealot, but atleast I can acknowledge that a good quality hardware and Windows, there are no issues. Given that in this situation, software isn't being loaded on and off all the time, there is no 'website surfing', nor are people using it to do stuff a 'home user' would use it for, I don't understand why people bring up old chest nuts.
of but I forgot.. here we have majority 13 years old kids.
I don't care what OS will they use really. I just wanted to say that people have to stop bashing and ranting at everything MS related with clueless comments and arguments. I'm not defending anyone, but please read the posts and you will notice what i mean.
I agree other people are clueless, but on the other hand the most advanced and fastest super computer in the world - one that will be used to run extremely mission critical government and science apps is running on what? Linux? Yes! It is... If you don't believe me look up the IBM Roadrunner, it's powered by "6,948 dual-core AMD Opteron chips with 12,960 Cell processor engines."
I agree other people are clueless, but on the other hand the most advanced and fastest super computer in the world - one that will be used to run extremely mission critical government and science apps is running on what? Linux? Yes! It is... If you don't believe me look up the IBM Roadrunner, it's powered by "6,948 dual-core AMD Opteron chips with 12,960 Cell processor engines."
You would be surprised by the amount of mission-critical applications and systems being ran on Windows. Not to say that Linux is not worth it but it is useless to argue that mission-critical systems has to be run in Linux/Unix only, this has become a myth now. It depends on the systems altogether. So people now can choose whatever they want to run their business given that Windows has become more and more stable over the years (XP and Server 2003 included).
What is the alternative to Windows then?
As far as you know, you're wrong. Windows Vista has nothing to do with Terminal Services. Terminal services is available on Windows 2008 server.
As I said previously (I wish people actually bloody well read posts instead of posting the same stupid **** over and over again) - Windows Vista is being used on the client - there is NO MENTION on what they're going to use on the backend - hell, it could be a mainframe for all we know.
I see this as a good and a major development for the Indian Railway sector. Being one of the largest railway networks in the world, we do need up-to date stable systems.
How about its the most widely used OS in India and by far the most compatible? Linux trend hasn't really taken over India as of now, Mac's are just beginning to make an impression on the average computer user here. 2 years ago, Mac was a computer that was only used in western countries, most people hadn't even seen a Mac, they had just heard about it. These days, Apple stores have come up in bundles and people are beginning to buy Mac's and making the shift.
And Vista is a pretty stable OS, might not be as stable as Unix, but it is still pretty darn stable.
I'm sure the Indian Railway doesn't need money from Microsoft, the only sector of the Govt. whose budget is entirely independent and runs up in hundreds of millions to billions, really wouldn't need money from a MNC. Its just an expansion motive.
I see this as a good and a major development for the Indian Railway sector. Being one of the largest railway networks in the world, we do need up-to date stable systems.
I hope they fix up the current air control system; it is circa 1950's.
Then again, the new multi-billion dollar rail network is going to be interesting; I hope that India learns from the mistakes in the west and stamp down on 'private car ownership' instead of being seen as some sort of 'symbol of prosperity'.
Anyway go on with your mindless vista bashing.
No they dont.
They are still a developing nation and while a lot of companies are breaking ground there and I have no doubt it will become a very thriving economy its very much a do and die place and company's pay for centrers to be located their because they are willing to work a week for the same job as a daily wage elsewhere.
People don't so much hate the accent just that somebody talking English as their mother tongue is a lot better to talk to on the phone than somebody is merely fluent and reading from a script.
No they dont.
Ok, your apparent dislike of Indian call-center workers in no way explains why you think that they themselves are incapable of knowing what's good for them. They're a sovereign nation so if they don't have the absolute authority to decide what's good or not for themselves, then who does? You, of all people?
im as indian as you are and as neowinian as you are.. all im saying is people who are making the decisions are not dumb!. I have issues with call center people but the point im making here is we know more tech than more people (jees.. we have more engineers than anyone) so as the person above this post said.. we are indipendent and we know exactly what we need. and who are you to decide if we are underdeveloped or developed or "developing" nation?
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