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I was more pointing to the average end-user who in no way will get anything but basic satellite, as I assume the article was, and not a resource capable entity. I would hope a power plant would not let windows anywhere near them.

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Even in power plants, Windows tends to be the rule rather than the exception. The wind, hydroelectric, and solar facilities I'm familiar with run entirely on Windows, right down to the SCADA and process control systems.

I have only ever seen one control system that did not use windows for the HMI. It was back in 2002 at a electric distribution utility their SCADA system ran on a DEC Alpha with some kind of unix. I've been to 30+ power plants since then, all windows. I deployed linux to 3 power plants and it was a pain in the ass because nobody knew anything about maintaining linux in the remote areas where the power plants were.

All of the PLC programming software from the big manufacturers runs on windows. this is reality.

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