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Gov't GSA Office goes MySQL

comforteagle writes "MySQL has won a five year contract with the US General Services Administration office putting it in yet another government office on top of NASA, the Dept. of Def., Los Alamos National Labs & the Census Bureau. This additional win allows around 70 Government customers to purchase and deploy MySQL."

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  1. Just goes to show how xenophobic the US govt. is by Netsnipe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Choosing to go with a database that doesn't support foreign keys.

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  2. You've gotta hand it to 'em by brogdon · · Score: 5, Funny

    After years of exhaustive, painstaking, and expensive study, our government has finally devised a method to buy something that's free.

    I hope it at least comes with a $600 wrench or something...

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