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On 2007-07-29 08:53:59 +0100, "Bob Eager" said:

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:03:06 UTC, Andy Hall wrote:

On 2007-07-28 23:59:25 +0100, "Bob Eager" said:

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:07:23 UTC, Andy Hall wrote:

On 2007-07-28 13:03:26 +0100, Owain said:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
The two USB missile launchers I've ordered from CPC both
turned up next day.

Microsoft Windows for Warships Home Edition?

Owain

Doesn't bear thinking about, does it?

You obviously never read about the US warships immobilised due to a bug
in NT...


Bug in NT?

I'm shocked......


http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/19.88.html#subj1


I especially like this comment:

"I'm not personally opposed to using computers in critical situations
like aboard a warship, but I would think you'd want a fault-tolerant OS
and applications, not a consumer product like Windows NT."