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Convincing the Military to Embrace Open Source

Posted by Zonk on from the talking-to-a-brick-wall dept.

drewmoney writes "Misconceptions about what 'open source software' means has made elements of the US Defense Department reluctant to deploy in a live environment. DoD proponents of shared-source projects are now working to reverse this trend by educating IT decision-makers and demonstrating OSS usefulness. 'The cost of cleaning up a "network spill" that introduces classified material on an unclassified network is running about US$11,000 per incident on the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), so the free Secure Save tool could produce monetary savings for the Navy. Additionally, it would cover more file formats than the costly commercial redaction product currently available on the NMCI.'"

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  1. No thanks by AxelBoldt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Personally I would prefer if my contributions to Linux would not be used to help wage an illegal war of aggression against a country that never attacked nor even threatened the U.S.