Please note, after you go looking further into some of the articles that are being used to make the claims, you find this:
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Among other things, Bowen said he is concerned that Windows Vista may be incompatible with many software applications already in use at the FAA.
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The Canadian air traffic control system runs on windows NT, and is in the middle of being rolled out. They won't move to Vista either. It doesn't mean that vista is a good or bad product, but that the system is heavily invested in software that isn't compatible.
I don't understand how they handle compatibility issues by moving to linux. That just seems to be a really weird move.