<div dir="ltr">I think the agency in question just didn't get the memo. The U.S. Government, including the Department of Defense, is using open source software in a big way. See the following links:<br><br> * <a href="http://www.gcn.com/blogs/tech/47100.html">http://www.gcn.com/blogs/tech/47100.html</a> <br>
<br>-- Quote from the above link:<br><p>
''It's worth noting, though, that the House Armed Forces Committee addresses the matter.
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"The committee acknowledges the availability of proprietary software
and encourages its development and acquisition as necessary and
appropriate. The committee believes, however, the widespread
implementation of an OSS standard will not only lead to more secure
software, but will also foster broader competition by minimizing
traditional constraints imposed by an overreliance on proprietary
software systems," it stated.''</p><p><br></p> * <a href="http://www.terrybollinger.com/dodfoss/dodfoss_html/index.html">http://www.terrybollinger.com/dodfoss/dodfoss_html/index.html</a><br><br>-- A 2003 report by Terry Bollinger of The Mitre Corp. on the use of FOSS in the U.S. Dept. of Defense.<br>
<br><br>The Dept. of Defense is likely the single largest spender in the Drupal market; it's just behind the scenes.<br><br>According to the same database referred to above, Windows had 694
security holes in the last 3 years -- considerably more than Drupal
over the same period.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Nancy Wichmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nan_wich@bellsouth.net">nan_wich@bellsouth.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span><font color="#993300" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Every government department for which
I worked also used Windows – how many security holes in that have been fixed in
just this year, let alone the last several?<span> </span>So much for proprietary products being secure…</span></font></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br> </div></div></div>