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Microsoft to improve efficiency of Indian Railways

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iMav
iMav Original post #1
Jul 18, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the umbrella organization for all computer activities on Indian Railways, along with Microsoft, has come out with a unique system for effectively monitoring the movement of trains operated by the Indian Railways.

Built on Windows Vista, the Control Office application (COA) will ensure that the 17 million passengers who travel by the Indian Railways every day and users of its freight services will get real time information on the exact location and arrival and departure times of all trains on their phones. “We have completed the integration of COA with our interactive voice response system and our website in the 26 control rooms it has been deployed so far,” said the spokesperson of CRIS.

Source: WinVistaClub via Time Of India
dreamcatcher
Jul 18, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Yea..more system crashes and more train delays..great news..Indian railways probably running on 512 mb ddr.. lol
casanova
Jul 18, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Great. Lage raho
kumarmohit
Jul 18, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Arey ham keh raha hoon Ballmer bhaiya se ham baat kiya hun. Uu bilkul hamare jaise hai! tabhi na ham ee sab kiya hai!

-- Laloo Bhaiya!
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FilledVoid #6
Jul 18, 2008 at 9:07 PM
I would love to see these features rolled out regardless of what the platform uses.
chesss
chesss #8
Jul 18, 2008 at 10:02 PM
The application, developed with an investment of Rs 83 crore,
:shock: What the phuck??
83 Crores for an application?? WOuld it include deployment/hardware costs or only development of software :shock:
slugger
slugger #9
Jul 18, 2008 at 10:12 PM
well India wudnt b the first country whose railway is adopting Win for its operation

it is being used in faar more critical places [consequences unknown]

Top Ten Worst Uses for Windows
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FilledVoid #10
Jul 18, 2008 at 10:17 PM
What the phuck??
83 Crores for an application?? WOuld it include deployment/hardware costs or only development of software
Most companies quote software Applications charges from Analysis all the way too Implementation and Maintenance.
narangz
narangz #11
Jul 18, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Most companies quote software Applications charges from Analysis all the way too Implementation and Maintenance.

Exactly. Even if they used FOSS system the analysis, implementation & maintainance costs are quoted.
Faun
Faun #12
Jul 18, 2008 at 10:52 PM
lol...this is cracking me up :D
narangz
narangz #13
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:05 PM
^^ Dude tell Laloo about the cracks in the tracks :D
iMav
iMav #14
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:34 PM
I knew you would post that :D
din
din #15
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:34 PM
On a second thought, no, I think I should not break my 'resolution'

Deleted the post.
narangz
narangz #16
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:36 PM
I knew you would post that :D

Who? Me? What? How? :confused:

Err... Were you talking about Din uncle? He might have posted that LCD pic? :D
iMav
iMav #17
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Not you, din had posted link to his post where he caught a LCD at the railway station suffering from a BSoD :D He deleted his post now :D
din
din #18
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
@narangz

That was meant for me. You missed a post that I deleted so fast. Thought that may lead to another war, so deleted it.
narangz
narangz #19
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Not you, din had posted link to his post where he caught a LCD at the railway station suffering from a BSoD :D He deleted his post now :D

LOL! I edited my post as it came to my mind. Check out my post again :D
din
din #20
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Offtopic :

LOL

You guys are faster than me :D
jal_desai
jal_desai #21
Jul 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Tell me when they are starting this service.... From tht day onwards i will go by road... even though the petrols are on the high... but i cannot risk my life yaar.. :D
amitava82
amitava82 #22
Jul 19, 2008 at 12:20 AM
^^ in that sense, your life is already in risk.. Every minute, every second. Unfortunately you know nothing about it.. :p
NIGHTMARE
NIGHTMARE #23
Jul 19, 2008 at 2:09 AM
lalu ji ko batao bhai :D
gary4gar
gary4gar #24
Jul 19, 2008 at 4:26 AM
Tell me when they are starting this service.... From tht day onwards i will go by road... even though the petrols are on the high... but i cannot risk my life yaar.. :D
Its not so unsafe, atleast windows better than a overworked drunk train driver:p
NucleusKore
Jul 19, 2008 at 7:18 AM
^^ in that sense, your life is already in risk.. Every minute, every second. Unfortunately you know nothing about it.. :p

Sounds like The Matrix

Was this the picture you wanted to share Din :p

*img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/4/7/18/f_StartrekBSom_2610a28.gif

CONTROL ROOM BOOM
iNFiNiTE
iNFiNiTE #26
Jul 19, 2008 at 9:49 AM
"Real time info abt the arrival of trains", sounds excellent to me. Hope no more long waits at the stations.
Another step in the modernisation of Indian Railways.
x3060
x3060 #27
Jul 19, 2008 at 10:55 AM
whatever, lets hope for the best...i don't want to disturb the peaceful life prevaling in this thread now :-D.
lywyre
lywyre #28
Jul 19, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Yeah, guess the Railways have to upgrade their signals as well which includes a Blue one (signifying BSoD) :D
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #29
Jul 19, 2008 at 11:53 AM
something is burning in Anti-MS camp it seems. The system is made in WPF & due to its per pixel refresh approach it is being used. We talked about it on May 10 here in MS office
goobimama
goobimama #30
Jul 19, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Offtopic :

LOL

You guys are faster than me :D
Of course the great green mod can see everything!

On topic, nice to see our Railways getting a facelift. I hope they do pay up the $100/year and put out an iPhone app for Goobi to use while travelling for those Mumbai meets.
ravi_9793
ravi_9793 #31
Jul 19, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Thats gud news... Thanks @imav for sharing.
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sakumar79 #32
Jul 19, 2008 at 4:41 PM
@goobi, what if it turns out to be a java applet? ;-)

Arun
Cyrus_the_virus
Jul 19, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Top Ten Worst Uses for Windows

Rightly said, it would just be better if windows stayed on the desktop and not for mission critical application, there might be a lot to fight about windows on the desktop space, but in a mission critical space windows has quite clearly proved to be $hit! No flamewars please, it's already proven by windows itself. You can argue about desktops like I said, but certainly not this space.

Suddenly I remember the incident about 'Windows sinking a US Navy ship':rolleyes: Self destruct to be more precise:D
iinfi
iinfi #34
Jul 19, 2008 at 8:15 PM
worst possible thing that cud happen even b4 your journey began.

you hold a valid confirmed ticket booked from Railways ticket counter, and on the day of the journey you find 10 others for the same seat.
so is the case with every second passenger!! its a possibility, with some crooked agent or hacker hacking windows networks.
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #35
Jul 19, 2008 at 8:30 PM
so how is it the fault of Windows if admin isn't updating windows or setting it properly? Internet in railway is always through secure channel. Internet is no longer secure & cost effective for such uses. I guess they will be using Intranet.
W
Jul 22, 2008 at 2:33 AM
"Microsoft to improve efficiency of Indian Railways"

there are many things wrong in the above sentence
ssdivisiongermany1933
Jul 22, 2008 at 6:37 PM
More Train accidents, late trains , Invalid PNR no , Non availability of tickets , Always in Waiting list ,

Microsoft rocks