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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. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp
    bacon

  2. Get The Name Right. It's Linux, Not */Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Enough already.

    1. Re:Get The Name Right. It's Linux, Not */Linux by Jesus_666 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I do think that the tools which actually make the OS usable should be mentioned.. I'm posting this from GNU/Grub/bash/mc/X11/KDE/Mozilla/Linux, after having rebooted out of CMD/Explorer/MinGW/Notepad/Mozilla/Windows XP.

      Heh. Back in the days I used to run Commodore-basic/C64 and that was enough. Didn't run on Applications/OS/x86 hardware, though.

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  3. Browser security hype by October_30th · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    harbingers of...browser security

    Ok. The present security is not bad for a browser with what... a 1-5% marketshare?

    Just what do you think will happen to that security when the share hits 50% and above? Every kiddie on earth would start looking for exploits simply by taking a look at the source code. An absolute disaster.

    Yes. Patches would be issued fast by the "community", but the real question is: would the stupid mob apply them? Of course not.

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  4. Re:Trying to make stability swipes at MS.... by danmart · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Stability problems may be a thing of the past, but security issues are getting worse on windows.

    And the performance issues are getting worse. From win2k (which I like) to winXP there has been a major step backwards in filesystem performance, bootup/shutdown speed and program load times. My 3 year old win2k laptop runs faster and more predictably than my new xp on better hardware and more memory. I blame the xp gurus for this.

  5. Re:-1 Troll by October_30th · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Script kiddes would take advantage of idiots running old versions of programs.

    Ok, I already got moderated down as a troll, but answer me this (which I already pointed out in my original post):

    How do the new versions get on peoples' machines?

    Heck, even Windows has an automatic free update these days but still ordinary PC users and system administrators in corps get bitten by exploits for which patches were available ages ago.

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  6. Small oversight by WarMonkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You forgot: "I'm George W. Bush and I approved this message." :)

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  7. Re:Trying to make stability swipes at MS.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't mod this asshat positive. Go back and read through what he advocates. He believes that the 9-11 attacks were just part of a war - not any kind of terrorism - and he supports the bin Laden side. Fuck him up his stupid ass.

  8. Nope back at you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    www.linux.org
    www.linux.com
    www.linuxtoday.com
    etc.

    No where do I see those that created it, calling it GNU/Linux. Only some of those that created some of the tools that it uses.