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Date:      Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:28:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
To:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD direction/Damonnews article
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106050927320.2416-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010606062937.A86880@blackhelicopters.org>

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> The military here in the States uses NT for some of their control
> systems on some ships.  Meanwhile, foreign powers are free to use
> whatever they like, in particular software with secrecy-friendly
> licenses such as FreeBSD.
> 
> Now that would be a test of software!  And here I am on the side
> defended by NT...

	I wish I still had the link, but there was an article a couple of
years ago about the Navy testing out a new "fully automated" warship
running NT. Apparently one of the 75+ systems blue screened and left the
ship DOA in the water. :0

	Rick


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