[These are some of my last articles for Wired News. I wrote them (with Robert Zarate) before I left; they ran last week. --Declan] --- http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,53005,00.html ...a Wired News survey of 14 Cabinet-level agencies found that open-source software has made scant progress inside the federal government. While a handful of agencies use Linux regularly, most have adopted the operating system minimally -- if at all. "Linux is not on our list of approved operating systems," said a senior State Department information technology official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "That generally dictates whether it's used or not." [...] http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,53006,00.html Behind Linux's Struggle in Gov't By Declan McCullagh and Robert Zarate 2:00 a.m. June 13, 2002 PDT WASHINGTON -- Proprietary software makers say they don't view Linux and its brethren as an immediate threat to their dominance inside the federal government. [...] http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,53004,00.html Super-Secure Linux, Inch by Inch By Declan McCullagh and Robert Zarate 2:00 a.m. June 11, 2002 PDT WASHINGTON -- Super-secure additions to the Linux operating system are inching closer to the mainstream. Developers have turned Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), a prototype created in part by the National Security Agency, into a module that operates almost seamlessly on the Linux operating system. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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