USN (nuclear armed) carrier battle force headed for NORKs.

[Pat Mustard]

For Micro$oft. Remember, the only government body worse than the UK's for shovelling money at companies selling shitty goods and services is the US military.

It's far more cost effective for Microsoft to have them on a modern OS.  The Navy will still have to pay support costs, and MS doesn't have to pay software people to maintain software that's past end-of-life.

The DoD will pay extra because Micro$oft have to service the OS, on top of the normal service fee. Often times, when the software is bespoke, the IT company will deliver up a pos on purpose, because the added maintenance fees is where the fattest profit is at.