From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 11 2005 - 19:19:38 PDT
I seem to remember Sun sued over Microsoft getting a
contract and the US gov't basically bent the rules to
allow Microsoft to get the contract.
Part of the anti-trust settlement may have been
unlimited support for the OS when it goes to sea.
Rick
--- Patrick Jankowiak <recycler@swbell.net> wrote:
> fools! trusting their ship and lives to microsoft
> windows?
>
> If I had to trust my life to an O/S, I would pick
> VMS. Sure it
> costs more, alot more, but you get what you pay for.
>
> PJ
>
> Jim Stead wrote:
>
> > Here's a scary thought....
> >
> > The U.S. Navy's new CVN-77 nuclear aircraft
> carrier is being built using
> > Windows for its command, control, aircraft and
> weapon launch systems.
> >
> > http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no27/dod/2868-1.html
>
>
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