Comments on: Photos: The networked soldier

Pentagon's $145 billion "Future Combat System" sees the soldier of the future as a link in a communications network.

[rbannon]

I'd be worried. . .

From one of the photos (#8) it's clearly running Windows, and
the enemy will soon own it.

Well

As it goes with Mobile technology Windows CE based OS's aren't targetted as much as Symbian OS although with it being networked it will be always at risk whatever OS

Scary! Microsoft Army Software

Is anyone else scared that the olive-drab Ipaq shown as part of the Army's future weapons technology appears to be running Windows CE?

This has got to be an April Fools' joke....

Windows CE in an Army weapons system is just too preposterous. This is an April Fools' joke.

[whack9]

US Military "standardized" on Microsoft

While working on a handheld system for theUS Airforce, I was recently told that the AirForce has "standardized" on Windows and .Net. We deployed our system on a ruggedized handheld similar to the one shown in the photo. It was dog slow. We should have used an embedded linux os, but apparently that's not the "standard". I wonder how many golf rounds and 4 martini lunches that Microsoft sales guy had to buy the 5 star general?

It's not a fable!

Or it must be!