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US Army Will Upgrade To Windows Vista

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-tax-dollars-at-work dept.

MojoKid writes "While many organizations are preparing for an upgrade to Windows 7, the US Army is upgrading to Windows Vista. The upgrade will include getting rid of all the Office 2003 programs and installing Office 2007 in its place, and is scheduled for a Dec. 31 completion date. Half the Army's computers (they have 744,000 desktop units) have Office 2007 so far, and 13 percent are on Vista, which was released in January 2007. Windows 7 is supposed to launch before year's end, so the Army will be fully on Vista sometime after Microsoft's next-generation OS is already launched."

3 of 374 comments (clear)

  1. spo8ge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tangle of fatal 1. Therefore$ it's won't be shouting

  2. Government Contractors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The first rule of Government contracting is YOU DO NOT GIVE A FUCK. The second rule of Government contracting is YOU-DO-NOT-GIVE-A-FUCK. Third rule, gouge them for as much money as you can. Fourth, Do a piss poor job, and the fifth and final rule of Government contracting, if it's your first time hiring one, you have to bend over.

  3. Absurd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The stench of rancid pork wafts lazily from the DoD. Somebody needs to be fired with grave prejudice (ie friends of their great grand children can't be caught within a mile of government).