someone confirmed getting #curl building and running on the 105th operating system: PikeOS

it is fascinating that I basically can never show this slide without having someone pointing out a new one I should add...

106 operating systems

The same thing does *not* happen when I show this slide
@bagder how many (known) objects in (solar/planetary/lunar) orbit are running curl?
@krishean I don't think we have it confirmed to be on the moon, I'm pretty sure we can safely say it has been/is on the ISS
@bagder NASA does send out certificates for various things, i'm sure you could get one confirming that curl is in use or has been used on the ISS if you asked them. you could add another slide

@bagder @krishean If they've been using Debian and RHEL, then fairly safe to say that curl is/has been used on the ISS.

https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/International-Space-Station-adopts-Debian-Linux-drops-Windows-Red-Hat-into-airlock

International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock - Open Source Insider

In space, no one can hear you scream at the Windows 8 Metro screen.

@bagder planets or celestial bodies? Has curl been to the moon?
@bagder That slide would make for nice stickers !
@bagder why does a Mars robot have cURL in its codebase? Do you know exactly why the use it? Sounds like URLs do not work (well?) in space....
@mdione NASA does not reveal exactly how or for what purpose it was used, we only know it was used in relation to that event because they said so

@bagder

So there is _maybe_ a chance that curl was also used on a space probe and is wandering around in the solar system?

That would be cool.

@mdione

@mdione @bagder It also could be that it was used locally for inter-component communications.
@jima @bagder Mars rovers use micro services? Well, it _does_ make sense...
@mdione @bagder I have no idea; I was more thinking about distinct physical subsystems (driving system, long-distance comms, mass spectrometer, cameras, etc) than, say, containers. I haven't dug into it, though. 🤔

@jima @bagder micro services not necessarily run on containers. They _can_ be running on different systems, yes. Maybe even it's more like distributed systems that talk HTTP? Still, feels like a waste of internal bandwidth and computer power to talk in URLs up there.... but maybe I'm just exaggerating.

In any case, until someone tells us what they used cURL for, all we say is speculation :)

@bagder Curl made it to Mars before Musk ;)
@bagder Didn't that one probe to Jupiter run curl? IIRC, they slammed it into the core. So for a few microseconds, it was there. Also, what about the one asteroid a few months back?
@andrew for some reason those guys rarely make it a priority to tell me if they involve curl or not. Weirdos.
@bagder what about the Moon? yes, its not planet but...