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Interesting quotes --

“We have achieved the promises of Moore’s Law,”

“Much more pervasive now is the problem with software.”

“Software is getting bigger and more complex,"

"The Windows Vista operating system is so much bigger than its
predecessors, that it is not any faster even though processing speeds
have increased.”

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DOD wants apps up to speed

Despite hardware advances, complex code and heavy traffic put a drag
on systems Bloated operating systems and applications are preventing
military organizations from getting sufficient speed from their
information technology systems, according to several speakers at a
recent Navy IT Day in Washington.

“We have achieved the promises of Moore’s Law,” the decades-old axiom
that processing power would roughly double every 18 to 24 months, said
Chris Miller, the Navy’s domain lead for command, control,
communications, computers and intelligence (C4I).

hsyq8xg@gmail.com wrote:

"Steve de Mena" stevedemena.com> wrote in message
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John wrote:

hsyq8xg@gmail.com wrote:

On May 16, 12:12 am, Steve de Mena stevedemena.com> wrote:

If they have brains they are using the SELinux which was created by
the NSA. Its the most secure distribution of Linux and they encourage
all branches of the government to use it instead of Windows.

--TheZorch

TheZorch wrote:

I think you are over-selling SELinux as to what it really is and how
it was secured.

http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/info/faq.cfm#I1

"Security-enhanced Linux has no special or additional approval for
government use over any other version of Linux."

NSA does not favor or promote any specific software product or
platform; NSA is only promoting enhanced security.

“Software gets slower because the data operating over a network is
increasing faster than computer processing rates,” Hull said.

Some satellites generate several gigabytes of data per second, Hull
said. “The next generation may be terabytes of information per
second,” he said. “If a computer has to deal with 100 times or 1,000
times the amount of data today than it did yesterday, it’s going to be
swamped.”
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Its the same for all OSes so you can insert any OS you like and the post
means the same.

In fact you probably can't insert windows there at all as its unlikely to
run the processing of terabytes of data from a satellite and it certainly
will not be Vista as it hasn't been around long enough and is a desktop OS.

follow ups set!

Ah, then Linux must be much more popular than I had suspected. I always
assumed if it wasn't mentioned they were probably using MS - guess I was
wrong.

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Probably, no mention of vista gives you several choices including: linux,
Mac, XP, 98, 95, CE, pSOS, DOS, and loads of others.
Choose the best one for the application and everything will be fine.