>Never heard of a Naval vessel (military) that relied so heavier on >automation that it couldn't be operated manually in a pinch. Well, you just don't stay informed like you should :-) This is the second time today folks have questioned my honesty. Tough afternoon around here :-) Check it out: http://www.gcn.com/archives/gcn/1998/july13/cov2.htm http://www.applelinks.com/articles/1999/04/19990429124515.shtml http://members.aol.com/rkaphing/ms/nt_crashes.html If this billion dollar ship had been involved in active duty, it would have been sunk in 10 minutes. Completely unable to move itself. If we are depending on Windows NT to defend our nation, we are in a bad way. I know its OT, but all of us who pay our taxes should be aware that the Pentagon has always had very strict rules on what type of security computer systems must have in order to be used by the military, for obvious reasons. NT does NOT qualify under those standards, yet here it is, being used by the military because billy gates got someone a hooker, or paid off a few bad debts for a Senator. NT only meets military security standards when it is NOT connected to a network. Its your money, its your country. I would not even let NT control my vanagon systems (required vanagon content <g>) Regards, John No Windows, no Macs. Just a PC that actually works. |
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