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More like it shows dangers of using only one provider for almost all IT infrastructure.
There's more to it. The mono-culture is one thing, but rolling out the update to millions of computers on the same days sounds like a bad idea.
Fun fact in 2008, with nuclear submarines, the mono-culture was not that bad yet.
No wonder those Navy touchscreen controls killed people...
I personally have never had good luck with Linux touchscreens...
sounds like they rather spend that RND on pocket lining over contributing to software dev.