Evidently, the International Space Station has terminated the utilization of Microsoft Corporations' (NasdaqGS: MSFT) Windows Operating Systems and attendant binaries on Space Station computational system. Linux-based devices were the clear choice for implementation in orbit.
“We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control. So if we needed to patch, adjust or adapt, we could.” - Keith Chuvala of United Space Alliance
