Re: Windows Vista is slowing the Navy down ??

Little Billy wrote:
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> Erm, doesn't the military have  operating systems that are top secret?

The fact that they use a particular product might be a secret. But that
product might be something available to the public, possible only
slightly modified. 

> If they use windows or any of the other large operating systems it's for
normal
> stuff like record keeping and files.

Many UIs for command and control use commercial desktops. 

> They don't guide satellites or missiles with it or navigate ****ps.

The embedded s/w may indeed be special purpose. But the consoles that
the operators use are standard, commercially available packages in many
cases.

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