Posted on 02/18/2016 1:00:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Microsoft keeps shouting about the millions of users that have switched to Windows 10, and soon the company will have another 4 million to bray about. The US Department of Defense is the latest big name to give Windows 10 the seal of approval apparently unconcerned with the privacy and telemetry issues that have put off others.
4 million enterprise upgrades for Windows 10 is a real feather in the cap for Microsoft, and the aim is to get each system running the latest version of the operating system inside a year. The DoD has also announced that it is granting certification to Surface 3, Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 4, and Surface Book devices, meaning that they now appear on its Approved Products List.
The confidence the DoD has in Windows 10 will come as a surprise to many as the operating system is still in its infancy -- many organizations tend to hold off for longer to allow any teething problems to be ironed out. Standardizing around Windows 10 is part of the government's desire to try to reduce costs by ensuring that IT department only has a single version of the operating system to support.
The cost of the switch to Windows 10 has not been revealed, but endorsement by the Department of Defense can only work in Microsoft's favor -- it's certainly something we can expect to see references to in future marketing materials and ad campaigns.
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This will probably be done within 2 years after Windows 12 is released.
Now, THAT is a coming train wreck disaster.
Why?
The NSA has released a version of Linux that is far more secure than Windows and it is free.
Do believe we all may come to regret this decision, unless it is some super secret stealth version of Windows 10 that is impenetrable.
I think the reason it is mostly free is to get people to down load it and then when there old software doesn't work, most individuals will buy Microsoft suggestion of the basically the same software, therefore boasting the stagnate economy a little bit and microsoft makes big money in the long run.
You think the Fed under Obungo is F'dU now!
Wait a few months. My year old win8/10 machine blew up, and it may be a couple of weeks before I even can start rebuilding it.
Sure, says my son last night, if there are any old USB devices attached, 10 fails to boot.
He works in the IT department of one of the largest defense contractors in silicon valley.
I was transfering images back and forth for processing between a Win10 and a Win 7 machine when the apocalypse hit.
Using an older USB drive.
Part of the Obama Caliphate’s plan to destroy the military?
WTF is that??!!??
And you failed to tell us more because...?
Because software developers who work in Linux are more expensive than those who work in Windows environments.
DoD needs to keep the cost of development/sustainment down, don’t you know?
What’s the name of the distro?
Would that be the snowden Linux distro?
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