Originally Posted by
JFZ90
MS VISTA took 5 years to develop, from 2001 to 2006, hence taking approximately £6Bn to development. It contains 50 million lines of code.
And how many of those 50 million lines of code are safety critical, which makes them more expensive per line of code. (Clue - ZERO), whereas Nimrod MRA 4 has more than a few.