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- From: "David R. Matusiak" <matusiak AT speakeasy.net>
- To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: U.S. military under attack
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:33:20 -0700 (PDT)
<Nelson>
HA! HA!
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On Thu, 23 May 2002, Thomas Beckett wrote:
> ... from Microsoft.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html
>
> "Microsoft Corp. is aggressively lobbying the Pentagon to squelch its
> growing use of freely distributed computer software and switch to
> proprietary systems such as those sold by the software giant, according to
> officials familiar with the campaign."
>
> The good guys may yet prevail.
>
> "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."
>
> TaB
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U.S. military under attack,
Thomas Beckett, 05/23/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: U.S. military under attack, Michael D. Thomas, 05/23/2002
- Re: U.S. military under attack, David R. Matusiak, 05/23/2002
- Re: U.S. military under attack, Michael D. Thomas, 05/23/2002
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