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Red Hat, Oracle to get Gov't Certification for Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the looks-good-to-us dept.

Mark writes "As this news.com article states, 'Red Hat and Oracle plan to announce on Thursday that the companies have teamed to get Linux evaluated under the Common Criteria, a certification that could open doors for the broader use of open-source software by government agencies.' It looks like this will be an important step in getting Linux to be more widely adopted in governments around the world."

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  1. Germany by intermodal · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's good to know the US Government is catching up technologically with the Germans...again...

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  2. Frankly... by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Frankly, there is a fair amount of disenchantment with Microsoft products because of security problems."

    Thanks for being frank. This should be a wake-up call for all slashdot users.

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  3. Now we just need an OS DB by marko123 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And the world can see what the DoD are using. I'd love to submit patches to the armed forces.

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  4. Again? by Niten · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think Slashdot just got certified by the Department of Redundancy Department.

  5. Re:Is Larry making a stand? by earlytime · · Score: 4, Funny

    FYI,

    larry & co have been pushing oracle on linux for years. after all, if you run oracle on a stable and cheap OS, there's more licensing and support $$$ left over for larry.

    larry's support for linux is not a big deal for sun (at least it wasn't when he started), since 99.999% of linux runs on x86, and (almost)nobody uses solaris on x86.

    larry has always hated bill. he's a simple man. he wants, power money and women(in that order), and bill is after the first two. linus is a hippie who's already married, so there's more for larry with linux.

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  6. how can it be secure without drm ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    drm is an important technology that will save the world from Communism and crackers. The DOD needs security and according to world software maker Microsoft, drm is needed to provide better multimedia and security.

    Someone please think about our children.

  7. Re:Is Larry making a stand? by josh+crawley · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why do I keep thinking "Leisure Suit Larry" whenever you mention Larry in this post? ;-P

  8. Don't be silly, We taught them a lesson. . . by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    in 1918, and they've hardly bothered us since then. - Tom Lehrer

    KFG