Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 3rd May 2009 09:16 UTC, submitted by SReilly
Can you make Windows XP so secure that the United States Air Force will use it in its systems? Well, apparently, you can, but you do have to talk to Microsoft. The USAF wanted a locked-down edition of Windows XP, and since they were in the midst of renegotiating the desktop-software contract with Microsoft, they decided to ask Steve Ballmer directly to create it for them. They did.
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Member since:2008-07-15
Hah! And like that would stop them if they had their minds set on it? Look at everyone we're bailing out even though we don't have the money to waste... I'd say we're wasting plenty already. To be honest, if it came right down to it, I'd rather see it wasted on our own government than on businesses who should be reaping the consequences of their poor decisions rather than lining up for handouts and at the same time pulling us deeper into a hole. If you make poor decisions as a business, you fail. Why are we going out of our way to avert the idiots receiving the proper consequences for their idiocy?
Member since:2006-08-09
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2005-07-14
We have a financial crisis and they have no money to invest in new software. My GOD!