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>From: Les Schaffer <godzilla at netmeg.net>
>Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:32:28 -0400 (EDT)
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Microsoft 1, Navy (divide-by) 0
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>For the computer propeller-heads among you, and apropos various
>'Microsoft' discussions over the last several several, check out:
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>http://www.gcn.com/gcn/1998/July13/cov2.htm
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>about a Navy 'SmartShip' that had its computer systems crash due to a
>divide-by-zero error, and notably, this quote
>
>"Because of politics, some things are being forced on us that without
>political pressure we might not do, like Windows NT," Redman said. "If
>it were up to me I probably would not have used Windows NT in this
>particular application. If we used Unix, we would have a system that
>has less of a tendency to go down."
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>(Ron Redman, deputy technical director of the Fleet Introduction
>Division of the Aegis Program Executive Office)
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>Question:
>
>Anyone know how much Microsoft does in sales to the armed services? to
>the federal govt (excl. armed services)? does govt pay street price
>for NT systems, or do they pay 'toilet-seat' prices for the same goods
>we get?
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