Well, that amazes me. I don't hold out much hope for the US Navy.

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Cheers,
 Bob 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 20 November 2005 12:32
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: IE bashing --> was Re: full size img taken w/12-24
> 
> http://www.gcn.com/16_29/news/32083-1.html
> 
> http://www.gcn.com/17_17/news/33727-1.html
> 
> Herb....
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 5:42 AM
> Subject: RE: IE bashing --> was Re: full size img taken w/12-24
> 
> 
> > it sounds highly unlikely to me, unless there is a 
> safety-critical version
> > of Windows that we don't know about, in which case it's 
> unlikely to have
> > crashed to a blue screen anyway. In most countries, and I 
> can't imagine 
> > that
> > the US would be any different, safety-critical software is 
> compiled with
> > safe versions of the compilers, runs on safe operating 
> systems, which in
> > turn run on safe hardware and so ad infinitum. It's one of 
> the reasons why
> > the stuff is so expensive and takes so long to develop. 
> Anything else 
> > would
> > be culpable negligence. An upgrade to WordPerfect once 
> crashed the Utah
> > phone system - that sort of thing can't be allowed to happen.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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