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"National Defense runs almost entirely on Windows workstations, including "high-side" or classified networks."

Windows is "military-grade". That's a laugh.

In case of doubt I am referring to the US practice of marketing certain products as "military-grade". Perhaps to suggest something like, "If it is good enough for the military, then it is surely good enough for the civilian."



>Windows is "military-grade". That's a laugh.

On the inside, the term of art for things like Windows is COTS - Commercial, Off-the-shelf.


In some fields, all outside software (including well-known vendors) is called SOUP - software of unknown provenance.


Yeah, the "military-grade" products I am comparing to are manufactured according to a specification provided by the customer, not COTS. Bad comparison.



The military does produce innovations that benefit civilians though. Food products would be one thing. GPS is another.




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