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Government Funds Secret Sustainable Computing

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-the-money-in dept.

SEWilco writes "OSDN's NewsForge reports that Carnegie Mellon University has started a Sustainable Computing Consortium to improve the quality and security of software. The only news release is that NASA gave CMU $23 million to help create dependable software. SCC members get an internal-use license for SCC software. So taxpayers are paying millions to create proprietary software, and companies get access for a few thousand dollars. (There is some blurring between CMU's SCC and CMU's High Dependability Computing Consortium, although HDCC's web site has been idle for a year.)"

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  1. Why dont they just use Windows XP ? by DuncanMurray · · Score: 0, Troll

    [ouch!] Hey, relax - it was a joke.

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  2. Taking Bets by jo42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Anyone want to drop a peso or two on this effort being based on Windows XP?