[rescue] UPS Recommendation
Phil Stracchino
alaric at caerllewys.net
Fri Jul 18 11:36:05 CDT 2003
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 11:46:20AM -0400, Shannon wrote:
> Canada is doing air-traffic control systems with Windows now.
> Saw one of them on TV 6 months ago.
> That's incredibly scary...
> Then again, Homeland (in)Security in the US just made a big Dell/Windows
> contract, and our military is a heavy user too.
> I hate to think of really having to depend on that crap.
Scary, innit? You'd think they'd have learned by now. Unfortunately, in
the ears of people who can convince themselves for the right price that
it's really not a problem, great dripping gobs of money speak louder
than fact.
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