One of the problems the DoD agencies face is that various mandates were made several years ago to standardize on Microsoft NT. Another problem is that new contracts are required to comply with the DISA DII COE. Currently only Microsoft NT, Solaris and HP Unix are directly supported by DISA. Until they directly support a Linux distribution or roll thier own, it will be very hard to get Linux based products into the DoD and other government agencies.
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One of the problems the DoD agencies face is that various mandates were made several years ago to standardize on Microsoft NT. Another problem is that new contracts are required to comply with the DISA DII COE. Currently only Microsoft NT, Solaris and HP Unix are directly supported by DISA. Until they directly support a Linux distribution or roll thier own, it will be very hard to get Linux based products into the DoD and other government agencies.