Linux Online Advertisement
[ Register ]

[ Applications ]
[ Documentation ]
[ Distributions ]
[ Download Info ]
[ General Info ]
[ Book Store ]

Advertisement

[ Courses ]
[ News ]
[ People ]
[ Hardware ]
[ Vendors ]
[ Projects ]
[ Events ]
[ User Groups ]
[ User Area ]

Running Linux, Fourth Edition

[ About Us ]
[ Home Page ]
[ Advertise ]

We all live in a Windows submarine...

Publication:ZDNet UKDate:Oct 26 2004
Reporter:Dan Ilett

Advertisement
Webmaster's note: Not about Linux per se, but newsworthy for the security implications

The British government is defending its decision to implement Microsoft Windows 2000 on some of its Navy fleet.

MPs and security experts have asked Ministry of Defence (MoD) minister Geoff Hoon to explain why the department has chosen to use the operating system on some of its submarines and ships instead of Unix.




Comments: feedback (at) linux.org
Advertising: banners (at) linux.org
Copyright Linux Online Inc.
Compilation ©1994-2008 Linux Online, Inc.
All rights reserved.