Day 1 update by Eric, a member of the Symposium event
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I'm an engineer in the defense industry and use Linux on my computers and without dual boot since 2013.
There's a very good pro/con case to be made that mission critical and high security industries like defense should ban Windows.
My company is in energy services, and some of our systems are subject to NERC CIP compliance standards. No Windows in any area of those platforms, other than the desktops of our operations staff, which are limited in functionality and on a closed internal network.
You're correct. In fact, I'm an engine engineer testing jet engines. Our testing equipment is 100% isolated from internet (can't even use usb) and we run custom LabVIEW in Linux specifically because of windows vulnerability.
I'd call you a rocket scientist but I think that would be demeaning to what it means to be an engineer ;-)
The fun part about engineering is the practical, physical side of it. We aren't just making physicis equations for theoretical purposes, we actually have to take everything into account, including machine tolerances and things like that.
For example, if you have an engine designed with certain tolerances for every part, if every part is made to the maximum tolerance, then the engine won't work because when you assemble it, it will be over tolerance! So when you examine each part, a novice would think everything is good, but you actually have to mate a max tolerance part with minimum tolerance parts to make it equate 0 difference total.
Jet engines aren't even like car engines where you just tune air and fuel mixtures with throttle %. A jet engine is that plus variable guide vanes inside the engine. Think of expanding and contracting the inside of the engine while it's running to change the amount of compression you get! It's very cool so we have fun. Plus it's electrical, mechanical, and software all at once.
Ditto that.