On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:51 AM, j debert wrote:
The US Navy at
one point was switching from Unix to Windows. They
had
major problems with this on the USS Yorktown, and had to tow it
back to
port. I don't know whether they've completed the switch.
This sounds untrue at best. There are several reasons but among them,
no captain worth his salt is going to let his boat be towed back to
dock unless all the engines have disappeared.
It was the same captain who let them put untested apps (under
Windows no less) in control of his ship. Check the references.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL