Guys, some of you tangle with windows users, and some of you (I think) have worked on government contracts. There are all kinds of govt. computers which rely on old software due to budget constraints.
I thought I read once that our Aegis cruisers were running on Windows ME. Even if it was entirely a joke, such a thing is too horrible to contemplate.
Some of us have done both, mate. As far as running WinMD (joke) on our cruisers... without revealing any confidential data I am informed that they run a very specialized version of ‘doze (or DOS, depending upon the need) but the civilian equivalent is nowhere near what they do run. So, some dangers do exist but there are protocols in place to mitigate any danger.
Anything other than that readily-available information would be pure speculation on anyone’s part, and there are severe penalties for any person fool enough to discuss our Military’s operational capabilities and practices.
Mrs. Bill’s poor example of security not withstanding.
I will add for the record that I, of course, have no idea whatsoever what the military does run at any time so any fedgov pukes lurking about need have no worries in that regard.
It gets even worse than that :
US military uses 8-inch floppy disks to coordinate nuclear force operations
Kept that thing running for 4 years by slashing and burning with Ccleaner.