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GNU/Linux Clears Gov't Procurement Hurdles

Posted by timothy on from the benefit-the-commonwealth dept.

Sam Hiser writes "Tom Adelstein makes some sound if subtle points about where GNU/Linux really is in the government space -- not far enough. With OpenOffice.org and Mozilla (Firefox) now popular harbingers of file format freedom and browser security on Windows, he says, there is hope that public mindshare is catching up with reality; and that the 'Microsoft Two-Step: Shrug & Reboot' will soon be a thing of the past. Adelstein, in his column today in Linux Journal, discusses the significant advances made by GNU/Linux and its achievement of Common Criteria certification for government and enterprise use in a world where Microsoft still dominates in mindshare and governmental purchase orders."

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  1. Re:fp by Luke727 · · Score: 0, Funny

    Mmmmmmmmmm....bacon.

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  2. Let me get this straight... by WarMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me get this straight... The people who are responsible for wars, enforce laws against victimless "crimes", suffocate the economy with regulations, tax just about everything that moves and just in general make nuisances and parasites of themselves... are now using a more robust, secure and all around technologically superior operating system more and more frequently? Why is this a good thing? Shouldn't we be trying to make *them* use Windows?

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    1. Re:Let me get this straight... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ah. "the eat shit, 30 billion flies can't be wrong" argument...

    2. Re:Let me get this straight... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny

      A good, concise description that partisan warriors on both sides should take to heart. A divided population is just what big government wants. It is so much easier to control. Bah. The only winning move is to elect CBN.

  3. Re:It do Work here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And now, in English, for the Ameri-centric slashdotting fucks

    Critics may say "The government can't switch to Linux or even use free software." They allege that it couldn't work. Well, here in my country (Germany, for you dumb fucks who can't figure out where Munich is) it is working quite well in Munich. I am professionally involved with some of people who are working on the project, and they tell me (in German) it is going rather smoothly, just like I'm telling you Americans that it is, only in broken English.

  4. Re:GNU/Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    GNU/Linux means GNU problems

  5. Re:"Microsoft Two-Step?" by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    "3 Finger Diddle" perhaps?

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  6. Wow! by WarMonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmm, you obviously haven't heard of encrypted partitions have you?

    Wow! Imagine a Beowulf cluster of people who think MS has a monopoly on encrypted file systems!

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