DoD Study Urges OSS Adoption · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday August 21, 2006 @03:23AM from the adopt-a-penguin dept.

Krishna Dagli writes to mention an Ars Technica article about the Open Technology Development road map, a report for the U.S. government advising the DoD on ways to integrate OSS into DoD policies. From the article: "The report argues that the standard practices associated with purchasing of physical goods are not adequate or fully applicable to software. According to the report, the DoD is 'limiting and restricting the ability of the market to compete for the provision of new and innovative solutions and capabilities' by 'treating DoD-developed software code as a physical good.' The report also points out that utilizing open source technology will force the commercial software industry to respond with greater agility and competitiveness."

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Re:oooo by JoeCoder7 · 2006-08-21 03:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Weird. The thread I replied to seems to have been deleted.
Re:oooo by JoeCoder7 · 2006-08-21 04:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Nah, just new to the comment systems. I've been reading /. for probably 5 years.