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Open source in the stars for NASA? (News.com)

News.com covers a NASA analyst's recommendation that the agency move some software development to an open-source model. "That report found that open-source software "plays a more critical role in the (Department of Defense) than has been generally recognized" and argued that, if open source were banned, the military's information security would plummet and costs would rise sharply."
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