British Royal Navy Submarines Now Run Windows Dec 18, 2008, 18 :03 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5625 reads)
"In the article, it is claimed that this decision will save UK taxpayers £22m over the next ten years. The installation of the new system apparently took just 18 days on the HMS Vigilant. According to the BAE Systems press release from 2005, the overall cost of the rollout was £24.5m for all eleven nuclear submarines of the Vanguard, Trafalgar and Swiftsure classes. Talk about staying with the sinking ship." Slashdotters are in good form today--the comments had me laughing out loud--ed.
