Re: [LIP] Re: [Possible -OT][crosspost] Is linux miltary grade

On Thursday 18 March 2004 09:47, Spoonman wrote:
> Shantanu Kumar wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 10:57, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> >>AFAIK the defense network is running on M$ NT and 2000
> >
> > No, it's actually a mix with a growing inclination towards GNU/Linux in
> > particular and FOSS in general.
>
> AFAIK The DRDO is using linux in a few solutions they make for
> themselves. The army in general is on M$.

actually there is no such animal as military grade software. Its all a hype 
created by some parties. There is only good software and bad software. The 
best software will always be in places where profits count - not in 
bureaucratic environments that practice single entry book keeping

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