Re: US DoD? "We don't use that German ****!"?
Rob Kaper <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 03:51:15PM -0400, Navindra Umanee wrote: > "So DoD organizations can just switch to SuSE to meet the Common > Criteria requirement, right? Not likely, because -- as one DoD CIO is > reported to have said -- "We don't use that German ****!" As one might > well imagine, the US Department of Defense is an extremely "top-down" > environment, and US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's grudge > against those so-called "Old Europe" countries Germany and France is > reflected at all levels." And how is that different from Germany refusing to use American products such as Microsoft or BSD? Rob -- Rob Kaper | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little [email protected] | temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." www.capsi.com | - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
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