George Toft wrote:
>
> zentara wrote:
> >
> > "Fred A. Miller" wrote:
> > >
> > > http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/07/computers.security.reut/index.html
> >
> > How can they justify putting Windows on US Navy Warship's?
> > Unless it is the same reasoning that helped get rid
> > of old battleships at Pearl Harbor. Make the ships you
> > you want to get rid of "sitting ducks".
> > The Blue Screen of Death will have an entirely new meaning.
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> The decision to use NT on the cruiser last year (the one
> that blue
> screened an put the ship dead-in-the-water) was made by a
> committee
> of three people (obviously MS brainwashees). That decision
> is being
> revisited. It sure makes my day when I go on a submarine
> and see
> the all-too-familiar motif screens purring away flawlessly.
> I've
> talked with the network admins on a couple subs, and they
> say
> Unix works like a champ, and NT and Novell cause all of
> their
> problems.
My understanding is there have been 3 ships that have suffered the
same problem(s), as all systems are run by NT. Or, I should say, NOT
run by NT.<bg>
> Too bad those who make the decisions don't consult those who
> have to live with the decisions.
VERY true! We're about to change our connection to the net in my
dept. at Cornell Univ. to XDSL. We've been using NT on a dual P-5
server, and of course, have had nothing but problems with NT for over
2 years! I was asked yesterday, "Why don't you just us NT for the
mail server and firewall for now, and we'll get a new server and SuSE
in a few months." This was from our "bean counter." I said, "I won't
do it." It was worth the look on his face! Then, I explained that he
already KNOWS NT isn't stable, it would make more work for me, and NT
is loaded with security holes, not to mention memory leaks and
NON-recovery of RAM! NO WAY am I going to put NT on a full-time live
feed! Then I told him we'd have to spend at least $1,500 in
software......NOT!
Best,
Fred
--
"Slicker 'n Willie Lube".......and that's doin some!
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