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Experts: Open Source Gaining Ground in Federal IT Sector
Larstan Business Reports has announced
the availability of a webcast of a panel discussion
about Linux use within the US government. "All three panelists
agreed that there's an enduring notion among end users that Linux is less
safe than proprietary systems, but they dismissed this idea as a myth. They
noted that open source software provides more transparency and control,
allowing users to detect and fix security vulnerabilities in real time, as
opposed to waiting for proprietary vendors to fix the chinks in the
armor."
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.wrf == wtf? Posted Jan 9, 2006 21:59 UTC (Mon) by kspoon (guest, #223) [Link] Erm.
Anyone know how to play this file under, like, you know... Linux? :)
.wrf == wtf? Posted Jan 9, 2006 23:53 UTC (Mon) by JoeF (subscriber, #4486) [Link] http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=WRFWebEx recording, requires Windows or MAc OS X: http://support.webex.com/support/downloads.html?_nfpb=tru...
Experts: Open Source Gaining Ground in Federal IT Sector Posted Jan 9, 2006 22:08 UTC (Mon) by dreadnought (subscriber, #27222) [Link] If your GUI breaks under windows your hoseded. Atleast with GNU/Linux there is more than one way to work around a problem or fugure out what the problem is in the first place. The other issue is when the hardware contract gets award to some othe smuck the sys admin atleast has a chance to keep the software the same. Last I checked RHEL claims to be running on 7 diffrent HW platforms. Ahhh choice. Thats what makes the U.S. so great!
Experts: Open Source Gaining Ground in Federal IT Sector Posted Jan 10, 2006 13:56 UTC (Tue) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263) [Link] "Thats what makes the U.S. so great!"
Ehmmm, very related, I can see that... *cough*
Direct link to pdf Posted Jan 9, 2006 23:27 UTC (Mon) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] Direct link to the pdf file. The registration form is very US centric, by the way.
Experts: Open Source Gaining Ground in Federal IT Sector Posted Jan 9, 2006 23:42 UTC (Mon) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link] <sarchasm>Thankfully, some of the agencies that make up the US gubmint have been sufficiently focused on security to keep the penguins at bay. </sarchasm>
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