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Windows For Warships Nearly Ready

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-windows-for-workgroups-with-guns dept.

mattaw writes "The Register is carrying the sanest and balanced article on Windows deployment in UK warships that I have read to date in the public domain. As an ex-naval bod myself we have long considered that this is potentially a REAL problem. The main issues are the huge amount of unrelated code that is imported with the kernel and the need for incredibly fast response times."

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  1. Re:Zzzzzz... by RightSaidFred99 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oooh, zinger! You have smitten me with your +2 jab of deep insight, kudos to you sir. I like the way you pointed out the obvious (the implication that others are less intelligent). There's a certain kind of irony to your post, which you half-assed alluded to but I'll leave it to the reader.

  2. What does the UK Navy even do? by gelfling · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Im sure Windows is fine for troop ship management, slow rides up the Thames past Buckingham and the usual lot of do nothing feather in the hat bilge the UK Navy is up to.

  3. Re:But It's Still Software From Another Country by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I guess if you're really worried you could move to a country that, you know, actually HAS a computer industry and makes OSes. You know, just as a little bit of advice.

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