U.S. Army switching over to Vista

[Schlup]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 20, 2009) -- The Army is migrating all of its Windows-based computers to Microsoft's Vista operating system to bolster Internet security and standardize its information systems.

The systems change, which includes swapping Office 2003 for Office 2007, is set to be completed by Dec. 31.

About half of the Army's 744,000 desktop computers have already installed Office 2007, estimated Dr. Army Harding, director of Enterprise Information Technology Services for the Army's G-6. She said about 13 percent of the computers have migrated so far to VISTA.

The migration was mandated in a Fragmentary Order published Nov. 22, 2008. It was sent out Army-wide as FRAGO 2 to Department of the Army Executive Order 056-05.

"It's for all desktop computers on the SIPR and NIPRNET," Harding said, referring to both the classified and unclassified networks. She added that the only exemptions are standalone weapons systems.

[Monkey_Grill]

Vista + Army = Skynet, Terminators, Nukes, etc. etc.

[Schlup]

Microsoft FTW!

[tonski]

Army needs to use up that money so that the Marines don't get a bigger budget   lol,  Marines couldn't even get XP to work right - we don't need to "upgrade".

[Schlup]

Army needs to use up that money so that the Marines don't get a bigger budget   lol,  Marines couldn't even get XP to work right - we don't need to "upgrade".

Actually they do need to upgrade.  The fact is that Vista has built in automated diagnostics that automatically fix issues and it is more secure.  Both things that the Army or any government entity is very concerned with.

[tonski]

Actually they do need to upgrade.  The fact is that Vista has built in automated diagnostics that automatically fix issues and it is more secure.  Both things that the Army or any government entity is very concerned with.

I was joking about how if the gov't agencies don't blow their entire budget they'll lose it and about how poor the Marine Corps is.  I know both of these things - the Navy drops full payloads into the Pacific so they can buy more at fiscal year end and the MC naval aviation set up is ridiculously bad and slow - it just got worse since they "upgraded".

[Schlup]

Now that I can believe, I don't agree with wasting tax payer dollars but I can believe it!