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Department of Defense study urges open source adoption
Ars Technica ^
| 8/20/2006 6:50:40 PM
| Ryan Paul
Posted on 08/22/2006 10:17:37 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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Emphasis added by me on the last paragraph shown.
This should help shake up things in the software arena. Competition is good!
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:17:38 AM PDT
by
AFreeBird
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:18:15 AM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
To: AFreeBird
Maybye they should just use that version of linux the NSA wrote.
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:22:46 AM PDT
by
SDGOP
To: SDGOP
SE-Linux was an add on to Linux. Technically it is not written by the NSA. Currently SE-Linux is enabled in most distributions.
To: SDGOP
It's more than just Linux. It would cover open standards as well. Massachusetts is pushing ahead with adoption of ODF (ope document format) which will require that all office software vendors support the format - even M$.
I'm sure Bill is *issed.
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:29:03 AM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:36:50 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: AFreeBird
I'm sure Bill is *issed. As is our beloved RT.
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:37:51 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
I think he's just *issed at everything.
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:51:53 AM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
To: AFreeBird
I read "open source adoption" and I had visions of knowing the entire genetic code of the baby before signing the papers, and being able to tinker with it if I wanted lighter hair or a taller kid...
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:55:53 AM PDT
by
Doug Loss
To: Doug Loss
Give em time. I'm sure they [genetists] are working on that very thing - Designer babies.
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posted on
08/22/2006 10:58:10 AM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
To: AFreeBird
I think the military should stay out of the adoption debate. When a child reaches 18 or so he should be told the truth ...
=o)
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posted on
08/22/2006 11:16:41 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)
To: AFreeBird
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posted on
08/22/2006 11:17:49 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: AFreeBird
" == I'm sure Bill is *issed. == "
When I worked for IBM, I HISSED at Bill frequently.
To: AFreeBird
the new version of office supports both pdf and the new xml document format.
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posted on
08/22/2006 12:02:15 PM PDT
by
SDGOP
To: AFreeBird
It's a little late for everyone to be able to post NB4GE. Is someone asleep?
To: AFreeBird
Makes sense to me. Why would anyone want to depend on proprietary software if it is unnecessary.
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posted on
08/22/2006 3:32:59 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: AFreeBird
LOL are you guys desperate. So 3 guys sent some whitepaper to someone in the DoD back in April. LOL again.
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posted on
08/22/2006 6:29:52 PM PDT
by
Golden Eagle
(Buy American. While you still can.)
To: ShadowAce
He's claiming that everyone is satisfied with Windows in the AF No, I didn't, follow your own link. Why must you lie?
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posted on
08/22/2006 6:30:58 PM PDT
by
Golden Eagle
(Buy American. While you still can.)
To: Golden Eagle
And we all know that the DoD never considers white papers to be viable considerations. I'm sure there was some white paper somewhere regarding linking computers together in some interconnected manner for sharing information, with redundancy built into the system.
That turned out to be a complete bust, huh?
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posted on
08/22/2006 7:12:48 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
To: antiRepublicrat
While posting the article is definitely NB4GE, you get the prize for actually stating it, and being NB4GE.
;-/
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posted on
08/22/2006 8:34:57 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(... Burn the land and boil the sea's, but you can't take the skies from me.)
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