Hi.
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan
Personally, I don't believe DRDO will do something as foolhardy as develop this "OS" based on Microsoft Windows. They have a track record of using Linux, and most likely that's what they'll do in this case too.
Some time back there were articles in the papers about how China had been accessing critical information from Indian computers, even from the defence departments. They did this through trojans and spyware. This is typical Windows activity. Recently the sophisticated virus (can't recollect the name) wrecked havoc in India, Iran etc. and was specifically written for Siemens hardware used in nuclear environments. The virus spread through pen drives. Again this is the Windows related activity. India has tremendous talent and potential to develop its own weapons and sophisticated systems but we still have to learn to organize international sporting events without becoming laughing stocks and objects of ridicule in the International media.