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Green Hills Software on free software in the military

Green Hills Software on free software in the military

Posted Apr 9, 2004 8:31 UTC (Fri) by beejaybee (guest, #1581)
Parent article: Green Hills Software on free software in the military

Next thing you know they'll be blaming OSS for the shooting down of a British Tornado jet by a Patriot missile system during Gulf 2 (Today, BBC Radio 4, 09 Apr 2004 - apparently the software in the Patriot couldn't tell the difference between a friendly jet fighter and an incoming ballistic missile, which I find astonishing).

Of course, if the Patriot turns out to be using proprietary software, we could stand the argument on its head.


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