vintage computers in active use

[Holm Tiffe]

Toby Thain wrote:

> On 2016-05-26 3:17 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
> > Fred Cisin wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 26 May 2016, Brent Hilpert wrote:
> >>> A friend notice this in the news, I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning too:
> >>> 	http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36385839
> >>> extract:
> >>> 	The report said that the Department of Defence systems that co-ordinated
> >>> 	intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers and tanker support aircraft
> >>> 	"runs on an IBM Series-1 Computer - a 1970s computing system - and uses
> >>> 	eight-inch floppy disks".
> >>
> >> "This system remains in use because, in short, it still works,"
> >> Pentagon spokeswoman Lt Col Valerie Henderson told the AFP news agency.
> >>
> >> And, THAT is why it MUST be replaced immediately by "modern" hardware
> >> and software, to put an end to that.  Windows10 can change that.
> >>
> > Since Windows 10 is out, many security aware people here in germany
> > dropping Microsoft Software if they can and you think it would be a good
> > idea to control nuclear wheapons with this kind of crap?
> >
> > Nothanks. This game is over.
> 
> In case you missed it:
> 
>  
> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclearpower-cyber-germany-idUSKCN0XN2OS
> 
> It's only a matter of time.
> 
> --Toby
> 

Yes, this is only one of the reasons I don't like Windows, but the
germanys government has decided to shut down any nuclear plant anyways
after the fukushima desaster.

But controlling weapons wth Windoze would be another story.

Regards,

Holm


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