[mdlug] Interesting information about Windows "7"

[Aaron Kulkis]

Richard Staff wrote:
> Wasn't there an incident where the US Navy tried controlling
 > a small class ship (destroyer escort/missile boat ?) with
 > the MS Windows OS? I remember reading an e-story about it.
 > Bottom line: ship dead in the water and had to be towed home.

Yes.  It was NT.  Some time around 5-7 years ago if I
remember correctly.

As I understand it, the whole project became dead in the
water at that point.

> 
> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> Novak, Louis (L.M.) wrote:
>>   
>>> Just to be perfectly clear, Ford's SYNC is *NOT* an automotive control
>>> system and has nothing to do with automotive systems.
>>>     
>> With the well-known "if Microsoft made cars" analogy....I can't
>> see any Detroit automaker being foolish enough to put MS
>> software in any function other than entertainment.
>>
>> People still talk about the Pinto fiasco.
>>
>>   
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