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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. Is Larry making a stand? by mj01nir · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "We are going to use Unix and Linux as the evaluation platforms for our products in the future, and not Windows, because the customer demand for Windows is not there," she said. "Frankly, there is a fair amount of disenchantment with Microsoft products because of security problems." ... said Mary-Ann Davidson, chief security officer for Oracle.

    Wow. I knew Larry hated Bill and MS, but I sure wouldn't have expected this! Or is he just conceding the Windows server database market to Bill and trying to grow the Linux market on the low end + the UNIX market at the higher end?

    Hmm...

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  2. Re:Frankly... by jeff4747 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The NT crap comments arose because NT only got CC it's certification _without_ a network connection.

    And as for the other point, wouldn't level 2 be a step towards level 4? Ya gotta start somewhere, and level 2 opens a lot of doors.