[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Jefferson City News Tribune article

["Matt Ross" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

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"Linux approved for use on most-sensitive computers
Washington (AP) - Linux software has been approved for use on the most
sensitive computers in corporations and the federal government, including
those inside banks and the Pentagon, an important step for software widely
considered the top rival to Microsoft Corp."

*** The government likes linux now? Who in the linux community can afford
that kind of bribe? Probably state governments looking to cut back on other
expenses to keep their salaries from taking a dip.

"Linux was certified as providing only 'low to moderate' security, compared
with the same group's certification as 'moderate to high' last year of
Microsoft's Windows 2000 software"

*** Well, we can't have the government telling the truth, can we?

"The approval, being announced Tuesday, involves only one version of Linux,
from SuSE Linux AG, a vendor based in Nuremberg, Germany, when the software
is installed on a particular line of IBM's server computers. IBM, which paid
roughly $500,000 for the testing, and SuSE were announcing the certification
jointly."

*** Ah, so its SuSE they like. Guess Chad was right ;-)


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