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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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Duck. And. Cover.
British Royal Navy Submarines Now Run Windows
For reference HMS Vigilant is a Vanguard Class SSBN, they carry 16 Trident II SLBMs. Now operated by Windows.
Microsoft's Ian McKenzie announced today that the Royal Navy was ahead of schedule for switching their nuclear submarines to a customized Microsoft Windows solution dubbed 'Submarine Command System Next Generation (SMCS NG)' which apparently consists of Windows 2000 network servers and XP workstations....The installation of the new system apparently took just 18 days on the HMS Vigilant.
For reference HMS Vigilant is a Vanguard Class SSBN, they carry 16 Trident II SLBMs. Now operated by Windows.
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