"Dave Michelson" wrote in message
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You might re-read his post. He was referring to code that "runs the
shuttle",
not code that just happens to be going along for the ride.

A subtle difference, but it makes all the difference.

I wouldn't want the shuttle to depend on Windows, although XP sounds like a
vast improvement.