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Navy Commissions Open Source R&D

Posted by Zonk on from the penguins-with-pips dept.

Lin_Matt writes "OSSI has announced a three year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Navy to explore and expand the usage of Open Source Software. Barry Duplantis of Red Hat will be serving as the Program Manager for this CRADA which will cover the Navy's use of OSS within the Naval Oceanographic Office's Web services, scientific computing and enterprise architecture systems."

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  1. Uhh, so? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So what? US Government has funded software development before and it's always been open source'd. No big deal.

  2. OSS to the rescue by crypto55 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excellent. Maybe now Microsoft won't be invading every crevice of our military... Speaking of Microsoft, when does skynet come online?

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    Due to financial difficulties, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.
    1. Re:OSS to the rescue by nounderscores · · Score: 2, Funny

      if they put oss into submarines then it will be official:

      BSD is diving.

  3. Re:redhat is only better by crypto55 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, at least we'll be OSS whores. Then we'll know what's causing our apps to crash!

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    Due to financial difficulties, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.
  4. Re:An interesting anecdote by TimeTraveler1884 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm not sure what this has to do with this article but I assume we should listen to these kinds of statements to see how we can make Linux based systems more reliable and easy to use for people that depend on a system they can use under extreme stress and fatigue.
    No, Windows is great for embedding into things like bullets and munitions. Just as long as the Blue Scream of Death is that of our enemies and not us.

  5. The true power of open source by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I'd like to see the Navy demonstrate the true power of open source by outfitting an entire aircraft carrier. Imagine an ensign entering a zero into a MySQL database running on Fedora Core 4, causing a ship-wide crash that leaves the most formidable weapons system on the planet totally helpless and dead in the water.

    This would be a level of power that proprietary software hasn't even touched yet: crashing not just some puny cruiser, but a flattop... And if wireless support were thrown in, maybe FOSS could strand an entire battlegroup! The possibilities are limitless.