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NASA Goes SourceForge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-tax-dollars-at-work dept.

refactorator writes "We have a lift-off! The NASA Ames Research Center has open sourced Java PathFinder , a JVM that is an explicit state software model checker, all written in Java. For the first time, the complete master development site of a live NASA software engineering project is hosted on SourceForge. Read the official press release for details. The team around John Penix, Willem Visser, and Peter Mehlitz fought long and hard to get the development hosted outside of NASA, to enable true collaborative software development. Now show the government that it works - join the fray. May Java PathFinder boldly go where no NASA program has gone before." (Both Slashdot and SourceForge are part of VA Software.)

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  1. Great But... by indifferent+children · · Score: 4, Funny

    IANARS Damn.

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    Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. --Mark Twain
  2. Bwahahahahah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    John Penix

    Poor guy. That name must be an endless source of amusements to his Linux-using colleagues.

  3. Am I the only one? by PrimeWaveZ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who thought of the PENIX man pages when I saw that guy's last name?

  4. Re:Why isn't more government stuff open source? by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doesn't our government exist to serve the general public?

    Thats what I say too, but don't even bother trying to get your senator to help paint your house.. It turns out they only serve the general public in a very narrow sense, and they wont help even if you pay for the beer.

    pretty dissapointing really.

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  5. Damn, how many NASA employees... by planetoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many NASA employees got fired on their first day at work when being introduced to this "John Penix" fellow and giggling uncontrollably right in front of him?

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  6. John by northcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    The team around John Penix, Willem Visser, and Peter Mehlitz fought long and hard to get the development hosted outside of NASA

    Long and hard indeed.

    (I'm going to hell for this.)

  7. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  8. Re:I'll probably get modded down for this... by jpenix · · Score: 3, Funny

    --
    "Do you think," said a Woodpecker who had been busy making a hole in the table, "that there might be a problem with the name 'UNIX'? I mean, it does sort of suggest being less than a man."

    "Maybe we should try another name," suggested the Job Sparrow, "like Brut, or Rambo."

    "Penix," suggested a Penguin.

    http://www.davar.net/HUMOR/UNIXLAND.HTM

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    -jp