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Interesting, given that the US Government itself does not run windows 8 yet.

• lotsofmangos 12y ago
  Then it follows that there must be US government procurement documents that ban Windows 8 on government computers, as it would be part of the spec. Perhaps someone should tell Reuters, they might have forgot in all the excitement.
  • Retric 12y ago
    That's not how things work. US procurement is not going to leave the OS choice up to a third party so they may require win 7 but there not going to ban win 8. If for no other reason that offline computers are 'secure' enough for testing and the government has a lot of proprietary apps.
    • lotsofmangos 12y ago
      I suspect that whether a given government software spec includes blacklists, whitelists or a combination of both depends largely on who wrote it. Unless someone can show me that exclusive whitelisting is enforced US policy, I would think there will often be documents detailing which versions of software are not to be used on a given contract, as well as which ones are.
• ewams 12y ago
  Source for your incorrect information? DoD approved for more than a year: http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/os/windows/win8.html http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/os/windows/win8.html
  • denom 12y ago
    I'm sure that windows 8 is deployed in a more than a few places. But for instance, the department of Ag _just_ upgraded to windows 7 from XP (squeaking by the end-of-life deadline). http://www.ocio.usda.gov/products-services/end-user-services/windows-7-platform http://www.ocio.usda.gov/products-services/end-user-services... In the case of the IRS, they are _still_ using windows XP, and they are paying Microsoft for support! http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/13/irs-pays-microsoft-for-windows-xp-support/ http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/13/irs-pays-microsoft-for-wi...