It's apparently going to be an interesting battle. One of the Open Source proponents active in this is a retired USAF NCO, who's been a computer security consultant to the Pentagon (independent consultant, not a Beltway Bandit employee) since he retired, and is a strong enthusiast.
He's been heard to say that the IE and Outlook bugs are significant enough to have MS software declared a bona fide security risk... gerry Bob Drzyzgula wrote: > All of us using and supporting Linux in government > probably need to be somewhat concerned about this. The > Pentagon at least seems not to have been swayed so far, > but it's gone far enough for them to pay Mitre for a study > of the question. I'm not sure that all agencies would > be this steadfast. > > "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." > > ... > > "Microsoft has argued that some free-licensing > regimes are antithetical to the government's > stated policy that moneymaking applications > should develop from government-funded research > and that intellectual property should be > protected." > > ... > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html > > --Bob > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Engineering Academy for Advanced Telecommunications and Learning Technologies Texas A&M University 979.458.4020 (Phone) -- 979.847.8578 (Fax)
