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Microsoft Battles Free Software at Pentagon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the attack-of-the-lobbyists dept.

Spirit of Ishmael writes "The May 22 Washington Post is running a story under the headline Microsoft Fights Free Software at Pentagon. According to the story: '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.'"

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  1. National Security by pumpknhd · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The attempt to root out open-source programs will probably be done under the pretense of national security. How unfortunate.