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Oh, FFS!
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June 27, 2015 at 12:36 am
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/26/technolo...=obnetwork

Quote:Navy pays Microsoft $9 million a year for Windows XP
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June 27, 2015 at 12:51 am
I bet everyone on the dev team responsible for maintaining that steaming turd all drink heavily.
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June 27, 2015 at 1:41 am
(June 27, 2015 at 12:36 am)Minimalist Wrote: http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/26/technolo...=obnetwork

Quote:Navy pays Microsoft $9 million a year for Windows XP

This is not at all unusual or surprising.   The Navy has had outdated computer systems for decades.  

They were still using PDP-11's long after DEC went out of business.  And more here.
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June 27, 2015 at 1:43 am
didn't Microsoft stop supporting windows XP ?  Huh
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June 27, 2015 at 1:47 am
(June 27, 2015 at 1:43 am)Marsellus Wallace Wrote: didn't Microsoft stop supporting windows XP ?  Huh

Would you say no to someone who has a couple dozen aircraft carriers and ballistic missile submarines? Oh, and 9 million in cash?

I think not.

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June 27, 2015 at 2:01 am
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June 27, 2015 at 4:40 am
Isn't that a direct threat to national security?
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June 27, 2015 at 5:07 am
Has to make you wonder if their radar displays are simply old Pong screens.

'Commander, we seem to have an enemy craft approaching.  No wait, he's moving off.  Now he's approaching.  Now he's moving off again...'

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