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OpenBSD Lands $2 Million In DARPA Money

Posted by timothy on from the laundering-through-pennsylvania dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Canada's National Post is reporting today that DARPA is (indirectly) funding $2-million (US) to Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD. The article is available here." Update: 04/07 21:01 GMT by T : As several readers have pointed out, this blurb should credit instead The Globe and Mail rather than the National Post.

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  1. BSD is dying... by rudib · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...well, wealthy... I guess...

    1. Re:BSD is dying... by Guppy06 · · Score: 5, Funny

      If government spending on something isn't an indication that that something is dying, I don't know what is.

  2. Send a pic of the check to Sun by uiil · · Score: 5, Funny

    and maybe theo will finally get the sparc docs he needs.

  3. Best quote from the article: by Saint+Aardvark · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Low code quality keeps haunting our entire industry. That, and sloppy programmers who don't understand the frameworks they work within. They're like plumbers high on glue," Mr. de Raadt said.

    BTW, anyone else notice the article was actually from The Globe and Mail?

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  4. Motive? by pmz · · Score: 5, Funny

    When asked about his brand-new 24K gold biking helmet, Theo pointed behind the reporters and exclaimed "What's that!". With the reporters distracted, he promptly ran the other direction and hid behind some bushes. The reporters, being only average journalists, published that OpenBSD's leader can turn himself invisible at will and cited that OpenBSD appears to be some sort of Canadian rap group.

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  5. guess the name of the command shell interpreter... by xv4n · · Score: 4, Funny
    cash$
    =)
  6. ..in other news... by SubtleNuance · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr. de Raadt is no fan of the U.S. military at the moment. He calls the war in Iraq an oil grab. "It just sickens me."

    IN other news, Theo de Raadt is held by the Department of Homeland Security in Seattle while attending an OpenBSD conference. Mr De Raadt, in the country to give a speech at the conference is whisked away by unknown persons in a black van. Other conference goers are later told by organizers that a quote by Mr. de Raadt is being held under the US PATRIOT Act for "'aiding and giving comfort to Evil Ones."

    The Canadian high counsel in Washington lodges a formal condemnation of the act -- demanding that the Canadian Citizen be released. Washington replies "It is quite obvious that Canadians and The Canadian Regime has been overrun by The Evil Ones. Like Syria and Iran, Canada must learn that their Either With Us or Against Us." In Ottawa, American ambassador Cellucci says "yeah, what he said, Canadians baaaaad"

    Republican Senator U.S. Nitwitt says "Why should righteous Americans be giving their defense funds to this communist^H^H^H^H^H^Hterrorist? Its obvious he's a terrorist - at least. This is a threat to our security. The Department of Homeland Security may or may not be justified in siezing him if they did or didnt... uhm, filthy Un American... i hear he rides the bus!"

  7. Has anyone else heard about this DARPANET? by Mothra+the+III · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its supposed to hook scientists and researchers together over a "network" where computers can exchange information. It would be neat if this technology would some day be available to everyone!

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  8. Re:Don't look a gift grant in the mouth by agentZ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is sending a missle running GPL'ed software considered "distribution?" Could the victim of a missle attack request the source code?

    (Then again, if you're already war, going to court over a licensing agreement might not matter too much.)