I missed which distribution they were switching to.
If they go Novell or Red Hat then what's the big deal?
Besides, consumers come first. As a pro-capitalist I'd be a hypocrit to not keep this ideal close. Yes, they may very well move off of a US made product. It's their choice to make.
And given MS's flagrant attitude towards it's customers is further reason for me to even be less in a hurry to blame the customer.......(even a government customer)
They don't deserve those customers.
They don't have to pay a dime for the latest Suse from Novell, they can download as many copies as they want, for free.
http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/downloads/suse_linux/
Obviously their choice, and no wonder what it is.