Straying a bit off topic, can someone explain why the
Navy, a branch of
the US military, requiring rock solid, uncompromising stability in the
systems that control their vessels, in their infinite procedural and
compliance wisdom, would choose Windows NT to control battleships?
Or was that just a sick joke? I know it wasn't, but I'd like to believe
it was ;)
If you're referring to battleships specifically, such as the
4 Iowa class, they've all been gone since about '94. I doubt NT had
much, if anything, to do with whatever micros they had onboard. Even
Enterprise didn't get the bulk of it's NT workstations/LAN until well
into '97. If you're referring to warships in general, yes it's sad
but true that NT appears in a few places that truly should have more
stability and security than that. LIke many other large networks,
the Navy's has been going towards a 'one size fits all' mentality.
Of course, we all know that type of thinking never works out.
Jeff
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