For some this latest adventure of the US Army may appear surprising. After all these are the "Kill, Kill Folks" - or something. The truth of the matter is that the Army Green Wikipedia is right in the mainstream of the tradition. Had it not been for the US Army the Wikipedia and other computer based approaches would never have been - or surely would not have arrived when they did. The early computers were funded through Army research funds, and Internet first appeared as DARPANET - The army research arm. And before Wikipedia software enables broad based collaborative efforts - there was a wonderful thing called The Delta Force. This was not your sneaky special services (also called Delta Force). This was a totally organic Army think tank, largely computer based (DARPANET) which was charged with bringing the best and wildest of thinking to bear on Army issues. You may recall the Army recruiting phrase "Be All You Can Be!" - Straight California New Age! Came out of The Delta Force via two totally remarkable people, Jim Channon, and Frank Burns. Frank was the commander of the Delta Force. And there was a lot of Open Space there - formally and informally. So the tradition continues.
Harrison Ps - Yes I was a "member" of the Delta Force - but never US Army, I am sorry to say. Harrison Owen 189 Beaucaire Ave Camden, ME 04843 207-763-3261 (Summer) 301-365-2093 (Winter) Website www.openspaceworld.com Personal Website www.ho-image.com OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html _____ From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin T. Sampson Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Military OS? Very cool. :) That link didn't work for me, but this did: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/business/14army.html Cheers, Justin On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:50 PM, John Rapp <[email protected]> wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/business/14army.html_r=1 <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/business/14army.html_r=1&partner=rss&emc= rss> &partner=rss&emc=rss Sent from my iPhone * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
