Re: Biased journalism, or let's try to ask Declan some questions he can sink his teeth into

[Sujal Shah <sujal@worldnet.att.net>]

Linux Idiot wrote:
> I think that MS will screw themselves, check out this link, and the
> excerpt:

My original estimate as of january of this year was that Microsoft would
resemble IBM in market dominance and presence by the year 2003 (there
are a variety of factors, but it boils down to "the poor quality of
their products will catch up to them").  My only concern is that the
estimate is valid only if alternatives exist.

> 
> http://www.gcn.com/gcn/1998/July13/cov2.htm
> 
> Software glitches leave Navy Smart Ship dead in the water


This is the way the world ends,
	not with a bang,
		but a blue screen of death (literally).

Can I move to another planet? ;-)

Sujal


> .
> .
> Navy brass have called the Yorktown Smart Ship pilot a success in
> reducing manpower, maintenance and costs. The Navy began running
> shipboard applications under Microsoft Windows NT so that fewer sailors
> would be needed to control key ship functions.
> .
> .
> .
> The Yorktown lost control of its propulsion system because its computers
> were unable to divide by the number zero, the memo said. The Yorktown's
> Standard Monitoring Control System administrator entered zero into the
> data field for the Remote Data Base Manager program. That caused the
> database to overflow and crash all LAN consoles and miniature remote
> terminal units, the memo said.
> .
> .
> .
> [HERE'S THE SCARY PART]
> .
> .
> NT applications aboard the Yorktown provide damage control, run the
> ship's control center on the bridge, monitor the engines and navigate
> the ship when under way.
> 
> "Using Windows NT, which is known to have some failure modes, on a
> warship is similar to hoping that luck will be in our favor," DiGiorgio
> said.
> 
> > Sujal
> >
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> You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????

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