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US Military Signs Modernization Deal With Microsoft
Dupple writes with news that Microsoft has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and the Defense Information Systems Agency to modernize the software those organizations use. According to Microsoft, the deal will cover 75% of all Department of Defense personnel, and bring to them the latest versions of SharePoint, Office, and Windows. The deal awards Microsoft $617 million, which is after discounts to the software totaling in the tens of millions. Interestingly, DISA's senior procurement executive said, "[The agreement] recognizes the shift to mobility. Microsoft is committed to making sure that the technology within the agreement has a mobile-first focus, and we expect to begin to take advantage of Microsoft’s mobile offerings as part of our enterprise mobility ecosystem."
"a mobile-first focus, and we expect to begin to take advantage of Microsoftâ(TM)s mobile offerings as part of our enterprise mobility ecosystem."
NURSE!
...the US will only be able to make war if they can figure out the Metro interface.
Why is my 1034-55/12 Authorization for Nuclear Strike form all garbaged up now?
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
I see you want to obliterate Wackistan with 10 drops before their operatives poison Washington. Can I help?
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
Welcome to the MS experience - Metro. Shoot to kill in style!
Instructions:
To aim and launch missile:
1) Swipe the screen to bring up the monitor section.
2) Monitor your target and doubletap on the suspect.
3) Swipe an "X" across each target you want to eliminate.
4) Doubletap to confirm.
If you get an error message: 16472112.13a41d1e.00123dq2.1337effd
then please contact customer service. Thank you for sharing your Microsoft Experience.
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
Blue Screen of Death
We in Europe welcome this development.
I can't help but wonder what the cost of using Open Source Solutions would have been? My main fear will not be some power like China obtaining secrets, but some bored 15 year old.
I can see the head lines now,
"Teenager aquires robotic mule and uses it to buy Hamburgers and Milk Shakes in a Prom Limo using him m$ phone."
It's easy.
They'll all be touch screens with custom launches for the military market. Where you and I might see "marketplace" or "social" or "XBox Live", they'll get options like "Attack" "Retreat" and "Leak classified documents to Assange"
Idiotproof, really.
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ECHELON is a government program to find words like bomb, jihad, plutonium, assassinate, and anarchy.
It could be worse... iOS 6.0 mapping software on drones. ;)
Nope. Surface won't fly.
Rethinking email
There is no problem that Sharepoint cant solve.
"Not enough money is spent on worthless consultants" is a problem that Sharepoint solves just fine.
Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.
I think making someone who is heavily armed work with Sharepoint is not going to end well.
The enemy is coming! Shoot! SHOOT!
"Please log in to your Microsoft Windows Live account to access the 'Shoot' application" ... click-swipe-click-type-swipe...
"Thank you. There are 6 friends and 17 enemies on-line. There is a new version of 'Shoot' available, do you want to upgrade?" ... click-swipe-click-type-swipe...
Noo!
"Please note that your current version of 'Shoot' is no longer supported. The application will be disabled"
Arrrggh!!.... (*#@)
Game Over.
To Terminate, or not to Terminate, that's the question - SCSIROB