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The ISS has a 450 page set of standards <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> software. This helps<br />
maintain c<strong>on</strong>sistency between various software c<strong>on</strong>trol systems and<br />
helps astr<strong>on</strong>auts with different native languages understand what<br />
various ic<strong>on</strong>s mean.<br />
We also have to deal with unique usability issues, such as <strong>the</strong> fact that<br />
it is very difficult to click and point with a mouse when you are in<br />
zero g.<br />
The <strong>on</strong>ly operating systems <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> ISS computers with a GUI is<br />
currently Windows XP, so that is our target development plat<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>m.<br />
Internally we also use Linux and OSX, so we are doing cross-plat<str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>m<br />
development. <br />
Since we are developing multiple <str<strong>on</strong>g>RCP</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>applicati<strong>on</strong>s</str<strong>on</strong>g> we put comm<strong>on</strong><br />
code into shared plugins. (This is <strong>on</strong>e of <strong>the</strong> reas<strong>on</strong>s we are still <strong>on</strong><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Eclipse</str<strong>on</strong>g> 3.7.2) <br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Eclipse</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>RCP</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> ISS Experiments <br />
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