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Navy Now Mandated To Consider FOSS As an Option

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-spending-$600-on-a-keyboard dept.

lisah writes "In a memorandum handed down from Department of the Navy CIO John Carey this week, the Navy is now mandated to consider open source solutions when making new software acquisitions. According John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software Institute, this is the first in a series of documents that will also address 'development and distribution issues regarding open source within Navy IT environments.'"

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  1. Fuck. by Mockylock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    MAYBE, just MAYBE, they should consider creating their own software and environments that are specific to their own use. Rather than use something "open source" that everyone has access to... for a reason of... um... what's that word called?.... Security?

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  2. Blame by slapout · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Its Bush's fault!!

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  3. Re:First OPSEC gets the axe... by Andy+Dodd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In short, you're saying that FOSS should not be used as it prevents the use of security through obscurity (as opposed to proper security).

    A truly secure system will be secure whether you have the source code or not.

    If you think VxWorks is more secure than Linux simply because it's closed source, you need a bullet in the head.

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