>Never heard of a Naval vessel (military) that relied so heavier on
>automation that it couldn't be operated manually in a pinch.

Well, you just don't stay informed like you should :-)

This is the second time today folks have questioned my honesty. Tough
afternoon around here :-)

Check it out:

http://www.gcn.com/archives/gcn/1998/july13/cov2.htm
http://www.applelinks.com/articles/1999/04/19990429124515.shtml
http://members.aol.com/rkaphing/ms/nt_crashes.html

If this billion dollar ship had been involved in active duty, it would
have been sunk in 10 minutes. Completely unable to move itself.

If we are depending on Windows NT to defend our nation, we are in a bad
way. I know its OT, but all of us who pay our taxes should be aware that
the Pentagon has always had very strict rules on what type of security
computer systems must have in order to be used by the military, for
obvious reasons. NT does NOT qualify under those standards, yet here it
is, being used by the military because billy gates got someone a hooker,
or paid off a few bad debts for a Senator. NT only meets military security
standards when it is NOT connected to a network. Its your money, its your
country.

I would not even let NT control my vanagon systems (required vanagon
content <g>)

Regards,

John

No Windows, no Macs. Just a PC that actually works.