I have a little experience in industrial control systems. Near as I can tell, both support and demand in the industry for controlling these devices with anythin

I have a little experience in industrial control systems. Near as I can tell, both support and demand in the industry for controlling these devices with anything but Windows XP is basically nonexistent. Support for Windows 7 seems half-hearted at best, even now, when XP is nearly EOL. The package I have used the most, GE iFix, is so tightly tied in with Microsoft technologies, including OPC, DCOM, VBA, and ActiveX, that it's tough to imagine a port to anything else happening anytime soon. If you're interested in the industry, look up info on this, and stuff like Wonderware. Most of the people working on these devices are far from being computer experts. I went to an advanced class for them, where the instructor took pains to advise the class that it was an advanced class and you would probably be lost if you hadn't taken the beginner class. I hadn't, and I breezed right through all of their material. Not that I'm that much smarter than anyone there, just from having experience using and figuring out a lot of different types of computer systems. This type of software is made for people who are experts in stuff like chemical plant operations, but who think Excel would be a great way to program their control systems. I'd bet that not one of them have even heard of the Nataz attack. Given the total lack of interest or experience in computer security that seems to be prevalent in the industry, I expect it will get a lot worse before it gets better.