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Red Hat Advanced Server Gets DoD COE Certification

Posted by timothy on from the buncha-cud-chewin-hippies dept.

DaveAtFraud writes "CNET is reporting that Red Hat Advanced server has been certified as a 'Common Operating Environment' (COE) when running on an IBM server by the U.S. Department of Defense. Red Hat Advanced Server is the first version of Linux to receive this certification. The certification clears the way for broader use of Linux in governement computer systems. Its interesting to note that the certification effort was made for the more proprietary (and costlier) Red Hat Advanced Server and not the basic Red Hat distribution." This despite the best efforts of certain lobbyists.

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  1. Schu-chan! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This one is for you!
    Good luck!

  2. FB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP bizatch!!!

  3. Jesus W Christ. by tunah · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I know reading the article isn't in vogue, but a couple of sentences of the slashdot write-up would be nice.

    Red Hat Advanced Server is the first version of Linux to receive this certification.

    Did that hurt so much?

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  4. so where can I download... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bomb-iraq-1.0.src.rpm?

  5. Re:Of course they certify the expensive version by ratamacue · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    That said, any government security certification is a Good Thing in the commercial marketplace

    Three questions. (1) Why should I be penalized, through taxes and regulation, because you don't want to take responsibility for your own choices? (2) Why should the rest of the market be penalized, through taxes and regulation, because you don't want to take responsibility for your own choices? (3) Where is your proof that this government solution is better than the market solution?

    You are the one proposing that coercion (government) is the solution to insecure software products. Have you considered that coercion may be the problem?

  6. Re:Sorry to be a spoilsport, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know, the original version was: Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Gott! (One empire/country, one people, one God!) It dates from the Second Empire (1871-1918), and stresses the unity of the people of the German states that united to form Germany in 1871.

    Naturally the worthless Hitler thought himself a suitable replacement for God, hence the Nazi slogan: Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Führer! (One empire/country, one people, one leader!)

    Sorry for the rant, I just get bored with one particular era and one particularly evil regime overshadowing every other.