DOD SoftwareTechNews Open Source--The Future is Open

"The DoD SoftwareTech News June 2007 (subscription required) is devoted to use of Open Source Software in DoD. A few of the most interesting facts and figures:

"The US Army is the single largest install base for Red Hat Linux--As Brigadier General Nick Justice, the Deputy Program Officer for the Army's Program Executive Office, Command, Control and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T) observed at a recent conference, 'Open source software is part of the integrated network fabric which connects and enables our command and control system to work effectively, as people's lives depend on it...'"

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