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Congress Endorses Open Source For Military

Posted by kdawson on from the because-it's-better-that's-why dept.

A draft defense authorizing act in Congress includes wording plugging open source software. It seems both cost and software security were considerations. This is an important victory for open source. "It's rare to see a concept as technical as open-source software in a federal funding bill. But the House's proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (H.R. 5658) includes language that calls for military services to consider open-source software when procuring manned or unmanned aerial vehicles."

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  1. authoriation ??? by gstoddart · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kood we get our edditors some speelchuckers pleez?

    Seriously, this is just getting sad.

    Cheers

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    1. Re:authoriation ??? by geekoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Their does NOT equal They're.
      I ahve no idea why you would tell people that incorrect information.

      Perhaps you meant:
      "I should have put they're instead of their at the beginning of that sentence."

      Hey, I can be pedantic.

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