On July 16, 2003 at 18:00, Blue Boar wrote: > > I'd rather my government hire the IT personnel themselves and do their own > <insert favorite OSS OS here> distro, with the help of the smart guys from > the NSA, etc... for security standards.
NSA already did their own open source distro http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/ There is no shortage of open or closed office suites available, and DHS could have reused existing hardware if they wanted to. Dell says the $120000000 does not include hardware. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
