Posted on 05/02/2009 9:23:49 AM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins
Windows 7 might be getting all the attention lately, but Windows XP is having a quiet little renaissance of its own -- not only have sales of the venerable OS been extended until 2010, Microsoft is selling an ultra-secure version to the Air Force. The custom build ships with over 600 settings bolted down, and a security patch turnaround of just 72 hours compared to the standard edition's 57 days -- all because Steve Ballmer personally stepped in and approved the project at the Air Force's request. The effort's to standardize and preconfigure the OS has paid off: 85 percent of previous known exploits have been blocked, support call volume has dropped 40 percent, and the USAF has saved some $100 million in costs. Nice -- but don't get your hopes up, since it doesn't seem like Microsoft has any intention of selling this version to the public.
In other words, they’re using Linux. ;)
And by extension, 15% of previously known exploits are wide open as usual.
In other words, they’re using Linux. ;)
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(chuckle) — my thoughts exactly :-)
LOL! At least they’re not using that POS Vista OS.
Meanwhile, in a backroom hackers' den somewhere in China:
"'Supah Secule'? Raff out Roud!"
“Super secret”????? Is that like “Double secret probation”?????
It will show up on the thepiratebay.com soon.
The Chi Coms dont have to hack anymore. Hitlery and Hussein Obama will just email them whatever passwords they need! For a price, of course. They make the check out to George Soros.
They won’t sell to the public because that version is even slower and more cumbersome that the existing XP dinosaur. Try 30+ minute boots on machines running the latest hardware.
Hack this, chinaman.
I believe some parts of the Air Force are adopting Vista in the very near future.
:’) Beijing Morgan! Beijing Captain Morgan!
[chuckle]
I find Vista to be a pain in the arse.
From the people I talk to at DISA the DoD is not supposed to use Vista at all.
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