[ Thanks to wayne
Slade for this link. ]
“Linux runs right under the radar, not exactly in stealth mode,
at many high-profile government agencies, including the Departments
of Defense, State and Labor; the General Services Administration;
the Census Bureau; and USAID. At the heart of these applications
lies the LAMP framework, which stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and
PHP, Perl or Python. Tom Walker, former Lt. Commander of Navy
Special Operations and adamant proponent of open-source
technologies, said, ‘The next computing revolution, like that of
the Internet, will emerge from unexpected and perhaps even modest
sources…the next great leap in computing and software technology
will come from small firms who have the creativity and strength to
stand up…by offering advanced solutions using Open Source
technologies.’ Firms like Walker’s group and a few others have led
the charge on Capitol Hill and elsewhere with open-source software
(OSS).“Lack of an integrated response within the US intelligence
community prior to the attacks of September 11, 2001, has
heightened government awareness of the disconnected databases in
use throughout the country…”