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From: Darren New
Date: 15 Jul 2011 13:37:14
Message: <4e207aca$1@news.povray.org>

On 7/15/2011 8:52, Invisible wrote:
> One writer points out a list of mysteries about Stuxnet. Mystery #6 being
> "why would anyone be running Windows in a nuclear facility in the first place?"

They're running Windows to run the proprietary device drivers that program 
the hardware. It's the same reason people run Windows in coke machines and ATMs.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."

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