Linux in Government: Technical Aspects of the Emergency Response Network System

[ Thanks to Tom Adelstein for this link. ]

"Last week's column was about Linux acceptance in a critical emergency role at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specifically, that article discussed YHD Software Inc., a company started by Jo Balderas and her son, Mike, and its efforts to provide Emergency Response Network systems (ERN) currently being used by 'the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Homeland Security.'

"This week, I met with the Mike Balderas, who does the critical programming and manages development and support for YHD Software. In the following interview, Mike explains more of the technical aspects of the ERN project..."

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