The Homeland Security Department has chosen Microsoft Corp

[green_man]

Riga, Anthony wrote, On 7/16/03 4:35 PM:

>After all the trouble that Microsoft has been in and its continued 
>skirting around its settlement with DOJ this is a disgrace. 
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>More importantly, in a time when the economy needs a boost and 80% of 
>new jobs are being created by Small business, how does this help our 
>economy ? 
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>>From: 	Riga, Anthony  
>>Sent:	Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:34 PM
>>To:	Nflug (E-mail)
>>Subject:	The Homeland Security Department has chosen Microsoft Corp
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>>http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0703/071503h2.htm 
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>>The Homeland Security Department has chosen Microsoft Corp. as its 
>>preferred supplier of desktop computer and server software, according 
>>to a statement issued late Tuesday. The move is a significant 
>>development in the government's ongoing merger of 22 agencies and 
>>comes as officials are selecting various technology companies' 
>>products as de facto standards for the department. 
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Our tax dollars at work.

Security .. Microsoft ... server ... government ... de facto standards, 
all in the same sentence - I just cringe.
The first virus or trojan will be a _REALLY_  significant development.

But maybe they'll use the MS-Licensed Unix ;-)


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