Convincing the Military to Embrace Open Source

Posted by Zonk on Saturday December 29, 2007 @11:29AM 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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Re:No thanks by AxelBoldt · 2007-12-29 17:10 · Score: -1, Redundant

That does not mean you have the luxury of deciding who uses it,

I am painfully aware of that. The article we are discussing asks, "how can we convince the military to use OSS", and my answer is we don't have to and we shouldn't.