Re: Windows Vista is slowing the Navy down ??

Steve de Mena wrote:
> hsyq8xg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> www.gcn.com/print/27_8/46117-1.html
>>
>> Interesting quotes --
>> “We have achieved the promises of Moore’s Law,”
>> “Much more pervasive now is the problem with software.”
>> “Software is getting bigger and more complex,"
>> "The Windows Vista operating system is so much bigger than its
>> predecessors, that it is not any faster even though processing speeds
>> have increased.”
> I don't see anywhere in this article where they say what OSs they are 
> using.

There are a number of different operating systems in use at the US-armed 
forces including Linux and microsoft. The recent years DARPA has 
financed quite many Linux based projects, of course those projects 
usually aren't for desktop use, and of course it's cheaper to blow up a 
computer with Linux than one with microsoft, as you may loose the 
license when you no longer have the original hardware left, otherwise 
those missiles would need to eject the on board "computer" and the NAVY 
SEALS has to do "rescue" missions to retrieve those machines ;)


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   //Aho