RE: Microsoft wins Homeland Security Bid ( Reuters)

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On July 16, 2003 at 18:00, Blue Boar wrote:
> I'd rather my government hire the IT personnel themselves and do their own
> <insert favorite OSS OS here> distro, with the help of the smart guys from
> the NSA, etc... for security standards.

NSA already did their own open source distro http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
There is no shortage of open or closed office suites available, and DHS
could have reused existing hardware if they wanted to.  Dell says the
$120000000 does not include hardware.

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