Spanking new $4.5 billion costing aircraft carrier runs .. Windows XP

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#5447217
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pretty sure a militarized version of XP is probably still supported by microsoft anyways. that info is most likely classified.
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What shocks me the most is all these stories of Windows XP machines being used in critical areas. I was under the impression that any company serious about IT would steer well clear of windows when they could have a customised Linux OS for the smartphone cost or cheaper! Not to mention the added performance, security and guarantee that it will do exactly what you want it to do (given its customised).
#5447371
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Telephone lines between mainland USA (America) and it's European post (UK) must have turned red-hot by now. BigBadBill is screaming at the top of his butterfly lungs, while trying to explain the benefits of window$ 10 to Theresa May...:biggun:
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All MS os-es after XP are unstable, bloated pieces of crap...
Go use DOS then and leave the rest of the logical, progressive world alone.
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If those computers are not connected to any outside network it's probably just fine on XP.... if they're using them to connect to the outside world then I would deem that a pretty bad security risk.
#5447426
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Nothing wrong with XP, a ship like that doesn't even require a full Windows OS, I would even guess that they stripped it down and made it more secure too. Big waste of money though, like Britain doesn't have enough internal problems to deal with, war, especially with certain countries, will just make those problems even bigger.
#5447429
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What shocks me the most is all these stories of Windows XP machines being used in critical areas. I was under the impression that any company serious about IT would steer well clear of windows when they could have a customised Linux OS for the smartphone cost or cheaper! Not to mention the added performance, security and guarantee that it will do exactly what you want it to do (given its customised).
You can actually modify XP way more than any Windows that came after it, which means making it rock solid and secure for the tasks it is supposed for. You can't really compare an XP machine used by the military with the average Joe's XP machine. Smaller Linux distributions weren't that great back then either.
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I hope its F35's won't run XP too lol.
#5447474
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Microsoft DOES still support XP for large organizations that pay for it. Lots of manufacturing and medical equipment still runs XP. Just keep away the thumb drives and people downloading free porn, and you will be fine. The ISS was said to have many computers running XP in 2013. In 2008 a Russian took an infected laptop on board and it infected other machines. 99.9% of the time the problem isn't the OS, it's the guy behind the keyboard.
#5447660
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I know why but i can't say, just certain types of software doesn't play nice with W7 onwards. One would think developing software again from scratch would be better but hey budget cuts.
Not true at all. Anything that ran on XP will run on Win 7.
#5447662
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In the UK many of the companies still use XP even now in 2017. It tells us that the system is reliable and stable, otherwise they would have changed to windows 7 at least. Changing the OS will require new hardware to be bought and that is why they don't want to make the change, simply because it will cost them too much money and time.
Reliable and stable???!!! :stewpid: That is completely and utterly wrong. Win 7 is more reliable than XP and Win 10 is more reliable than Win 7 was. I know this from experience. They need new hardware?? LOL I don't think you understand how this thing works
#5447668
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Not true at all. Anything that ran on XP will run on Win 7.
This is not true. A legacy version of Cisco unity only runs on ME, 2000, XP, and Vista. It is not compatible with 7, 8, 8.1, or 10.
#5447670
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https://www.neowin.net/news/despite-what-you-may-have-read-the-royal-navys-new-flagship-doesnt-run-windows-xp
“They [the Queen Elizabeth class] will also be the first ships to be built with a BAE Systems designed, new state-of-the-art operating system called Shared Infrastructure, which will be rolled out across the Royal Navy’s surface fleet over the next ten years. Shared Infrastructure revolutionises the way ships operate by using virtual technologies to host and integrate the sensors, weapons and management systems that complex warships require. By replacing multiple large consoles dedicated to specific tasks with a single hardware solution, the amount of spares which are required to be carried onboard is reduced, significantly decreasing through-life costs.”
It won't use XP when the ship is operational.
#5447676
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Windows XP still better than windows 7, and windows 10 combined... IF you are an IT Engineer you know this... the operating system is based on the software you are running... Learn your tech or dont talk what you do not know... Been building companies and knew technology before there was even Internet and googol was spelled correctly...

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