Re: US DoD? "We don't use that German ****!"?
Daniel Cassidy <[email protected]>
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On Friday 22 August 2003 7:28 pm, Rob Kaper wrote: > 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? In the former case, it's more because Microsoft products suck than because they're American :P -- Dan. Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.