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Subject: The Microsoft F-22.
human7 4/3/2004 8:10:51 AM

Why doesn't Microsoft develop & design software for the Military Complex? If there are problems with the software of the F-22, why doesn't the Pentagon put out bids to Microsoft or other American Software companies?

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owain RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 1:49:45 AM

Because of that annoying sound everytime you'd start the airplane and in the middle of a hard right tunr I wouldn't fancy pressing cntrll alt + dlte

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gf0012-aust The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 2:08:25 AM

Microsoft is the last company on earth I would want to be intimately involved with code cutting. Meeting milspec requirements would be interesting. Fox 1, Fox 2, oops, BSOD....

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owain RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 3:05:18 AM

'Due to frequent software problems this plane will now crash, press ok to disk check or eject to live'

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gf0012-aust RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 3:08:59 AM

the problem is that you get ejected anyway.....

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owain RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 3:13:50 AM

Yeah probably when you want to print!

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trib RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 4:55:30 AM

or maybe when you want to fire a missile....

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owain RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 5:54:38 AM

THE MISSLE FUNCTION HAS BEEN RESTRICTED BY YOUR ADMINISTRATOR. PLEASE CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO KEEP YOU ON THERE UNTIL YOU RETIRE

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Nanheyangrouchuan RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 7:49:30 AM

And you have to wait for MS Media Player to load before you can arm your weapons.

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leoatwork RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 4:28:02 PM

or you can get a Mac-22, in which case while your plane will be very fast, it will be too friendly to hurt anyone, and it will only be able to fly with other Mac-22s

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leoatwork RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 4:31:02 PM

You might find this interesting; link it shows how good software can be if it's done right.

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fullamongo RE:The Microsoft F-22. 4/23/2004 4:40:06 PM

I think it would be a great idea. They'd probably bundle in Encarta so you could learn about the country your going to bomb. This programme "AIM-9XSidewinderlauncher.EXE" is not supported by windows. Please contact your software vendor to download patch.

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Gecko RE:The Microsoft F-22. 5/8/2004 10:22:55 AM

Great link, very impressive stat's. From my freainds and my own experience at uni, typing the code takes no time at all. It's the debuging that takes all the time and effort(and takes away most of your sanity at the same time). It wouldn't supprise me if the F-22 software took less than a couple of months to write. It's been how many years now fixing up the bugs? Also to help answer the original question, MS has no development experience in actual control programming of computer chips were I am assuming most of the F-22 issues are arising. MS just gives orders to these programs. All their engineers work more with graphiscs and communication between the systems(harddrive to CPU, networking etc...) Thats why your BIOS and all the chipsets in your computer are programed by the chip manufacturer or someone with experience in chip programming.

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mike_golf RE:The Microsoft F-22. 9/1/2004 8:38:33 PM

A Microsoft F-22? Remember the AEGIS that had to be towed back to port? All of its computers ran on supposedly bullet proof versions of Microsoft Windows. Several BSOD's left the warship unable to do anything but float around, no propulsion, steering, etc. Not so bad when it's a ship. Imagine your F-22 has a BSOD leading to no propulsion or steering. Besides that, the F-22 is networked into AWACS. We all know how secure Microsoft Operating Systems are, right? So, I'm sure that no attacker will ever be able to take advantage of that OS to get into the air defense network or insert a worm into the network, nope, not with a highly secure Microsoft OS on the job.

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SgtQuiosegagne RE:The Microsoft F-22. 8/7/2005 6:33:43 PM

Co-pilot: bandit incoming, 1 o-clock, 32 miles. Pilot: Roger. ...few seconds.. Pilot: Wtf! "Windows wasn't able to disengage auto-pilot" Co-pilot: press ctrl + ALT + delete ! Pilot: damned got a blue screen! Co-pilot: enenmy within missile range! Pilot: fu** it's frozen! Co-pilot: missile away! We're doomed! Pilot: I got the screen! It's back on! Launching counter measures! (bip bip faster on the background) ... "Windows was unable to contact counter meas **explosion** Microsoft combat system :D