[lug] Wash Post: Open-Source Fight Flares at Pentagon

Dhruva B. Reddy bdhruva at gmx.net
Thu May 23 08:49:34 MDT 2002


I especially love this part:

"Spokesman Jon Murchinson said Microsoft has been talking about how to
allow open-source and proprietary software to coexist."

This from the organization that may have done more to prevent this
coexistance than anyone else.

Dhruva

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 08:29:08AM -0600, quoth Crawford Rainwater:
> >From Slashdot.org, referencing the full article
> >from the Washington Post:
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60050-2002May22.html
> 
> Have to love it when Microsoft shoots themselves in
> the foot.  Nice notes in the article on how "more secure"
> Open Source software, less expense, and should be
> expanded within the Pentagon.
> 
> --- Crawford



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