>>>>> "bdf" == brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
bdf> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A FOSS ban would have an especially negative impact on DoD software >> development. bdf> reference? bdf> does FOSS mean Free Open Source Software? Free and/or Open Source Software. it is the term used in the mitre article as a catchall. the article covers a wide range of licenses as well. it tries to establish what would happen if all the FOSS being used was forbidden if the OS type licensing was not allowed. switching to commercial (if available) versions was one of the few solutions. in any case, my advocacy point was how much perl was in use in the DOD relative to other OS packages. that survey wasn't scientific and they mentioned how gcc is pervasive (it only had 9 examples which is way low since most OS software is compiled with gcc). but perl was the number one example of OS used there which should be trumpeted to the world IMO. any manglement that says no to OS should be made to read that article (or be sent quotes from it). uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com ----- Stem and Perl Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding ---- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org
