Ron Redman, deputy technical director of the Fleet Introduction Division of the Aegis Program Executive Office, said there have been numerous software failures associated with NT aboard the Yorktown.
That's because the systems were using old Pentium and fell prey to that chip's divsion bug.
You mean Pentium Pro which is a different processor than the Pentium. The Pentium Pro was the foundation for the Pentium II. There were problems with the original pentium line but you will have to cite a source for the divide-by-zero problem in PPros.
Microsoft-haters love to trot out this example as something that will "kill our fighting men from negligence."
Well ummm gee. IN A COMBAT SCENARIO YOU DONT HAVE 2.5 FRIGGIN HOURS TO GET NT BACK ONLINE!!!!!! In 20 minutes a single cruise missile could blow that cruiser out of the water and lay the whole carrier battlegroup open for attack. There are 5,000+ crewmen on a single aircraft carrier, are their lives worth a few million tax dollars saved by a switch to NT from UNIX to you? Grow up man, get rid of Social Security, Medicare, Welfare, EIC and unemployment benefits if you need to cut costs.