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May 23, 2002
Microsoft möchte nicht das im
Microsoft möchte nicht das im Pentagon Open Source Software eingesetzt wird [Washington Post].
Microsoft Corp. is aggressively lobbying the Pentagon to squelch its growing use of freely distributed computer software and switch to proprietary systems such as those sold by the software giant, according to officials familiar with the campaign.
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But the effort may have backfired. A May 10 report prepared for the Defense Department concluded that open source often results in more secure, less expensive applications and that, if anything, its use should be expanded.
Sowohl NASA als auch CDC setzen übrigens Cocoon ein.
Posted by Matthew at May 23, 2002 05:18 PM