(April 12, 2017 at 2:53 pm)Tazzycorn Wrote:(April 12, 2017 at 2:37 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I bet their contract with Microsoft includes an upgrade path that's financially attractive.
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.