Government Votes For Open Source
With growing support from policy-makers and adoption by the Department of Defense (DoD), Linux has rapidly moved beyond the curious alternative to become the platform of choice for many government agencies.
Now, with open-source adoption moving beyond the infrastructure and up to the application, solution providers that can see beyond the concept of "free" software will be in high demand.
Initially, the federal government adopted open source--mainly at the back end, with Linux being used to run critical applications. But that's changing as more agencies recognize the potential cost savings and flexibility associated with a completely open environment.
"[We] recognized the opportunity for open source early, partnering with Red Hat, MySQL and JBoss as product lines," says Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology. "We're trying to build a public-sector distribution practice focused on [that market], which is more than a cool technology paradigm."
The National Security Agency went beyond adoption, in fact, playing a central role in the development of SE Linux, driving stronger security mechanisms and better safeguards against damage from malicious or flawed applications. And in April, the Open Source Software Institute developed a road map for the DoD that encourages the adoption of an open-technology model for software procurement and distribution.
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Can't seem to find the link to the article @ varbusiness.com.
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Well, dang, it was there this morning. I guess they yanked it for some reason.
Not really the same, but they do have this one tho:
Levanta Opens Door To Open Source.
Here's a similar article on GCN:
For most people, the word "open" might seem rather benign, conjuring only images of open fields or perhaps a late night eatery still catering to hungry travelers. For military personnel, however, "open" has a negative connotation. Any good soldier should bristle at the word. Things that are open need to be secured, for they are vulnerabilities where an enemy force could encamp.
This latent fear of the word "open" is as good of an explanation as any we've heard on why the military has thus far been reluctant to adopt open source software. The word certainly does not inspire the same degree of trust as other words, such as "Raytheon" for instance.
We're not being merely snarky; this observation about the comparatively superior trustworthiness of the integrator's name came from one attendee at yesterday's DoD Open Source Conference, held by the Association for Enterprise Integration. The purpose of this conference was to help acclimatize defense workers to the open source concept. John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software Institute of Hattiesburg, Miss.--one of the sponsors of the conference--was confident that meeting helped in this regard. But the day also showed how much more work advocates still need to do.
A few months back, the Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts issued a report about potential open source use that generated quite a bit of enthusiasm within defense circles. Now we see why. At the meeting we saw how skeptical Defense IT personnel--and contractors--remain towards open source, and even open standards.
Full Story: That word "open".
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You talk the talk, but do you waddle the waddle?
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Well, dang, thanks, anyway. It was the "DoD" in the article that piqued my interest. Oh, well.
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I found where they hid it.
HERE.
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You talk the talk, but do you waddle the waddle?