__/ [ William Poaster ] on Wednesday 12 July 2006 13:09 \__
> It was on Wednesday 12 July 2006 12:53 pm, that Linonut apparently said:
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, OK belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/11/state.hackers.ap/index.html
>>
>> Don't see anything about UNIX or Linux there. You have insider info?
>
> You won't, they don't use *nix OSs. Here's a news item from 3 years ago
> showing what they DO use (& it's unlikely they've changed):-
> "Virus strikes State Department"
> http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5081360.html
True. This goes back to 2003. Also notice:
http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/233257
Department of Defence is on proprietary platforms and plans a migration to
Open Source. 77-page PDF therein. I tried to find some clues by having a
cursory look at this PDF (which looks unprofessional, almost as though it
was generated using crapware, e.g. MS Office), but nothing fruitful.
>> Nice Victoria Secret ads, though. Erm, excuse me, gotta go!
>
> Heh!
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