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Re: HP To Be Unix-Free Internally ?
From:
"Terry C. Shannon" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Terry C. Shannon
Date:
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:31:40 -0600
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"Robert L. Herron" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in
message news:gu801u80qvjl0qlp9hj68e158s4d4sdkd4@4ax.com...
> [log in to unmask] (Jerry Leslie) wrote:
>
> >It'll take a large-scale disaster with casualties and huge property
losses,
> >caused by M$ software, before the heretics are believed; e.g. loss of
> >a nuclear carrier:
> >
> >    http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no27/dod/2868-1.html
> >    Navy carrier to run Win 2000
> >
> >Until that happens, most PHBs will keep wearing their
(Redmond)rose-colored
> >glasses.
>
> Per the article, "CVN 77 is expected to enter the fleet in 2008."  By
> that time, Windows 2000 should be stable, right????

The ChiComs (who seem to like Linux and Cosix, the regionalized version of
Tru64 UNIX) no doubt are betting that Windoze will remain a virus magnet.
They should little trouble rendering CVN 77 a former flattop.

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