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schestowitzmsb says:Nov 09 12:59
schestowitz>> http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/howtobuy/federal/DoD.aspxNov 09 12:59
schestowitz> Nov 09 12:59
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schestowitz> Azure is doing well for Microsoft in the DoD, when MicrosoftNov 09 12:59
schestowitz> can bribe somebody to buy it, and then get to suck down bigNov 09 12:59
schestowitz> taxpayer bucks forever.   And of course all that gov't dataNov 09 12:59
schestowitz> is on Microsoft's servers, when MS has only learned how toNov 09 12:59
schestowitz> do security in the last couple of years.  But, no worries,Nov 09 12:59
schestowitz> Microsoft servers crash so frequently that spies will haveNov 09 12:59
schestowitz> to work harder to tap into them.Nov 09 12:59
schestowitz> Nov 09 13:00
schestowitz> Meanwhile, honest and intelligent people in the governmentNov 09 13:00
schestowitz> (and everywhere else) use free and open source solutions,Nov 09 13:00
schestowitz> which are secure, modular, customizable, and provide featuresNov 09 13:00
schestowitz> -- multiple virtual desktops, flexible file systems, softNov 09 13:00
schestowitz> links, easy and powerful scriptability, complete control byNov 09 13:00
schestowitz> the user (not the vendor), easy administration, etc. -- thatNov 09 13:00
schestowitz> enable real work to be done.Nov 09 13:00
schestowitz> Nov 09 13:00
schestowitz> Microsoft may or may not decide to steal such features in theNov 09 13:00
schestowitz> future, claim it invented them, and use them to squeeze yetNov 09 13:00
schestowitz> more profit out of its long-suffering victims, er, customers,Nov 09 13:00
schestowitz> by inducing them to buy the next version of Broken Windows.Nov 09 13:00
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MinceRwhat, m$ learned how to do security?Nov 09 14:02
MinceRwhen did that happen?Nov 09 14:02
schestowitzExactly.Nov 09 15:33
schestowitz>> You smell like Tea Party.Nov 09 17:27
schestowitz> Nov 09 17:27
schestowitz> "Big Steel" talks like the Mafia: "Business is business isNov 09 17:27
schestowitz> bribery, corruption, and robbing the public."Nov 09 17:27
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