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Effectively all military missions are planned in PowerPoint, and I don't think Microsoft shaped that product with battlefield efficiency in mind.

>> I don't think Microsoft shaped that product with battlefield efficiency in mind.

Exactly why it's useful.

> Effectively all military missions are planned in PowerPoint

Wait... really??

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html

Yeah can confirm - OPORD briefs are given in powerpoint with neat graphics and an accompanying paper narrative. Make sure you have the right font and color scheme, though.

Why are you surprised?

I just figured there would be some fancy battle tool!

Yeah, and middle eastern terrorists like to use Toyota trucks. Why? Because they are well built trucks and the parts are cheap.

I bet Notepad and Word has been used to write bad novels, I blame Microsoft for horrible literature!

/s

Neither of those were Microsoft's decision. You are complaining about the armed forces' decision-making process, not Microsoft's.

Well we should really be going after the inventors of the semiconductor then. Actually, scratch that; Faraday is the one to blame!