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CCIA Urges Dept. of Homeland Security to Avoid Microsoft

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the friendly-advice dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Inquirer has posted an article reporting that the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has urged the US Department of Homeland Security, in an open letter to Tom Ridge, secretary of the department, to avoid using Microsoft software because Microsoft's software is 'riddled with obvious and easily exploited vulnerabilities.'"

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  1. and in other news still... by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Government spending is just another way to dump money into the local economy, while rewarding campaign contributions.

    Man if it wasn't for timestamps, I'd swear we were in 15th century Britan. Hello Fifedom!

    --
    You think that I'm crazy, you should see this guy!
  2. In a similar note... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The OMB (Office of Management and Budget?) just added MacOS X and Linux to approved OS's to use for government applications.

    With the right push, we might see the tides change in *nix favor.

  3. Huge, HUGE surprise here...NOT! by TardBoy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Come on, people, take a look at the membership of this organization and ask yourself if they would EVER take a position which was NOT anti-microsoft. This is not some middle-of-the-road computer science organization, it's a lobbying organization with an axe to grind. That MS software has security flaws is a given, and their position in this case may well be correct, but the CCIA's opposition to MS software is NOT news.