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by rsync 4227 days ago
So if you're running heavy equipment in a nuclear refining operation, you use microsoft windows to run your heavy equipment (centrifuges).

If you're a mobile network operator, you use microsoft windows to access and administer the base stations out in the field.

Pray tell: how important or sensitive does something have to be before someone finally asks "hmm ... maybe we shouldn't use microsoft windows for this" ?

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If you're a mobile network operator, you use microsoft windows to access and administer the base stations out in the field.

It doesn't change much because the base station software probably has more security bugs than Windows.

You don't normally browse random websites through the base station administration software, though.