Re: [school-discuss] microsoft lobbying government to squelch linux

[TJ Miller <tjmiller@datc.tec.ut.us>]

Quite alright that they tried... mainly because this was the result:

"But the effort may have backfired. A May 10 report prepared for the 
Defense Department concluded that open source often results in more 
secure, less expensive applications and that, if anything, its use 
should be expanded.

"Banning open source would have immediate, broad, and strongly negative 
impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused DOD groups 
to protect themselves against cyberattacks," said the report, by Mitre 
Corp."


Looks like "Military Intelligence" isn't the oxymoron that folks have 
traditionally thought it to be :)

Regd's,
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TJ Miller jr
OS/Networking Instructor
Utah College of Applied Technology
http://ww2.datc.tec.ut.us