I think it highly suspect that for a warship due to 
enter service in 2008, you would believe that it would
be running an 8 year old version of the O/S.  Which
is not what the article said.

It said "Windows 2000 and its successor operating
systems".

I'd place an emphasis on the Word "successor" here.

A lot can happen in 8 years, even Atmarian years.
Afer all we can be fairly certain that in 2008,
Microsoft will own, HP/Compaq/Dell AND Gateway, 
as well as having a large stake in IBM.  It will
even have controlling interest in Red Hat and
Debian, who will no longer be shipping worthwhile
product.

The only competing O/S will be those perpetuated
by hackers.  Who will have a difficult if not
impossible task of trying to compile on Microsoft
designed and controlled chips, which will back
channel the location of any hacker trying to 
compile back to the character assassins at
Microsoft HQ, which will have moved to Beijing
in 2005.

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Chong [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:02 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] do the right thing Carly
>
>
>[log in to unmask] (Jerry Leslie) wrote in message 
>news:<[log in to unmask]>...
>> Bill Brandt ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>> : And the thought that some mission critical systems like 
>nuclear subs
>> : might depend on Windows is a bit frightening.
>>
>> That's already planned for the next nuclear carrier:
>>
>>    http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no27/dod/2868-1.html
>>    Navy carrier to run Win 2000
>>
>>    By Bill Murray
>>    GCN Staff
>>
>>    The Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier will use 
>Microsoft Windows
>>    2000 to run its communications systems, aircraft and weapons
>>    launchers, and other ship electronics.
>>
>>    The CVN 77, one of the Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft 
>carriers, will
>>    run Microsoft Windows 2000 for a variety of 
>communications and weapons
>>    systems.
>>
>> Of course, it COULD become a submarine after a BSOD.
>>
>How about Electro-Magnetic Impulse from a Nuclear Attack?, Whole ship
>is out of OS?  ;-) This is a joke, right?
>
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