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Green Hills Software on free software in the military

Green Hills Software on free software in the military

Posted Apr 10, 2004 3:25 UTC (Sat) by fjf33 (subscriber, #5768)
Parent article: Green Hills Software on free software in the military

Another funny is that he keeps mentioning companies that are offshoring programming. Is he against the offshore movement? I think almost ALL of the big players have equipment/personel offshore. Is that a security risk? Hell yeah and when nworking on sensitive programs you are audited up the ying yang, but mainly to make sure you are not stealing from the government.


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Green Hills Software on free software in the military

Posted Apr 10, 2004 23:47 UTC (Sat) by walters (subscriber, #7396) [Link]

The defense industry requires security clearances, and those are presumably harder to get for non-US citizens. So outsourcing is probably restricted to mostly unclassified low-level stuff (making bolts or whatever).

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