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First screenshot shows a system running Windows XP. Not a good sign that a product serving such confidential information is running on an operating system no longer supported with security patches.
That's just nine months after the initial release of Vista. So hardly surprising to see XP on a desktop.
It is a bit ironic that Peter Thiel is backing Palantir, and is the biggest investor in the marijuana trade. They seem like opposite ends of the spectrum.
First screenshot shows a system running Windows XP. Not a good sign that a product serving such confidential information is running on an operating system no longer supported with security patches.
If you click the attribution link for that photo (at the bottom of the article, unfortunately), you will see it was taken in 2007: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aki51/1675246969/ That's just nine months after the initial release of Vista. So hardly surprising to see XP on a desktop.
Current day job is performing service IT for a security-paranoid bank that nevertheless runs XP exclusively internally, so I guess I'm just hypersensitive :D
Every new contract requires dozen extra people...That's why they are on a hire spree right now, (because of a large 'consulting' contract with a an oil company, that should stay unamed). However, with oil trading at 50s, they are scared and they trying to get some cash to cushion a possible contract cancellation.
To be continued...
They're looking for a round of funding so of course it was "leaked".
I personally don't agree with much of what he says, but still gotta give him props for his business savviness.
In some ways he's better than Musk. But the projects Musk has choose are far more interesting and engaging.
It is a bit ironic that Peter Thiel is backing Palantir, and is the biggest investor in the marijuana trade. They seem like opposite ends of the spectrum.
It is a bit ironic that Peter Thiel is backing Palantir, and is the biggest investor in the marijuana trade. They seem like opposite ends of the spectrum.
> "It’s the combination of every analytical tool you could ever dream of."
> The Pentagon used the software to track patterns in roadside bomb deployment and was able to conclude that garage-door openers were being used as remote detonators.
> With Palantir, the Marines are now able to upload DNA samples from remote locations and tap into information gathered from years of collecting fingerprints and DNA evidence
> The leaked document cites a 2012 study where 96% of the surveyed war fighters in Afghanistan recommended Palantir.