On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 03:06:40PM -0400, tom smith wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 04:13:48PM -0400, tom smith wrote:
> >> This is a step ahead for OSS. Also, quite a cut-through of government bureaucracy.
> >> Smitty
> >> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0135204
> >
> > It's about time.
> >
> > Considering the stupidity of a lot of decisions in the Army, it always
> > seemed appropriate to those of us who were on the front lines that
> > Department Of the Army was DOA -- "dead on arrival". I wonder if the
> > Army might come to a similar decision about open source software, though.
> >
> Chad,
> I just interviewed John Weathersby of the OSS Institute on my radio program
> today. It will be broadcast next Thursday from 9-10 a.m. at
> http://www.hawkradio.com
> I will have an ogg file available soon.
> The Edge.
> John stated that the Army is on a fast-track to adopting open source software.
> They are actually moving more quickly than any other service branch in that respect.
Excellent! Thanks for the information.
-- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Marvin Minsky: "It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game."
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