>On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
>
>> Just wait until ES/NMCI starts taking over the federal
>> government computers and networks. Then anything that isn't supplied
>> by them and isn't running Win2000 will be considered 'legacy' and
>> basically unsupported.
>
>What is ES/NMCI?
EDS (my mistype) is Ross Perot's company and they now have a
signed contract with the Dept. of Navy to take over the LANs and
pretty much every other aspect of computers and thier maintainance.
NMCI is the arm of the company doing it. The contract is for an
astronimical amount of money and the closest comparison is the Borg:
they are coming in, taking all exisiting equipment, replacing it with
a 'one size fits all' desktop and charging you handsomely for both
the replacement and every little thing you want to do with it.
Nobody has a choice in the matter either...like it or not, they will
be assimilated. NMCI has dubbed themselves the 'NMCI Strike Force'
and they think they're going to do all troubleshooting over the
phone. The contract was pushed through relatively quietly and caught
a whole lot of higher-up types off guard and not much has been said
about it in the normal papers and such either. This one with the
Navy is just the first step...eventually it will spread to nearly all
branches, not just DOD, though the Air Force has said that at least
for the moment they have no intention of going that route.
Ever wonder what the real reason for Ross Perot stepping down
from the Presidential race was?
Jeff
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Received on Sat Apr 07 2001 - 11:29:30 BST