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It's odd. We have so many government resources dedicated to offensive software weapons. Other comments mentioned Microsoft being more willing to support their
by eutropia 9y ago
It's odd. We have so many government resources dedicated to offensive software weapons. Other comments mentioned Microsoft being more willing to support their OS long term than Redhat..
Why not build the capability within the military itself to build and maintain specialized *nix-based OS's for precisely this situation? Then you have indefinite support and on-site capabilities.
- maxxxxx 9y ago"Why not build the capability within the military itself to build and maintain specialized *nix-based OS's " It's all outsourced to contractors making such an effort much more difficult.
- cududa 9y agoHaving worked deep in the OS space in a past life, I could probably list 100 top people in the space. Of the first 20 that come to mind, I can't imagine a single one of them wanting to build for the military (at least as a permanent employer)