MITRE Corp. Report On Open Source In Government

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday October 28, 2002 @06:09PM from the who's-using-what-where-why dept.

Jeremy Allison (of the Samba team) writes "Very interesting paper just published by MITRE corporation. (In PDF - they've learned not to use Microsoft Word. :-). Highlights: 'The main conclusion of the article was that FOSS software plays a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognised.'; 'Create a "Generally Recognised as Safe" FOSS list ... including Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Samba, Apache, Perl, GCC, GNAT, XFree86, OpenSSH, bind, and sendmail.' 'FOSS' stands for 'Free and Open-Source Software.' Looks like these people 'get it.'"

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Re:Generally Recognised as Safe. by MavEtJu · 2002-10-28 19:53 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Don't forget to mention OpenSSH and OpenSSL!
Or doesn't that fit in your list-of-things-for-which-djb-has-made-a-replacemen t-so-you-can-piss-on-it-each-time-they-get-mention ed?

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