Sign in / up

back to article US Navy CIO tells purchasers to consider open source

The US Navy has recently affirmed support for open source software, in pursuit of "an interoperable net-centric environment...which will improve the warfighter's effectiveness through seamless access to critical information". Navy CIO Robert J Carey laid out new guidance in a memo, downloadable here. In it, he says "the …

COMMENTS

House rules Send corrections
This topic is closed for new posts.
  1. Morely Dotes

    Finally!

    Now maybe the US Navy's guided missile cruisers can be converted to an OS that doesn't require them to be towed back to port every time someone scuffs their feet on the carpet.

    0 0
  2. Mike

    Well he's gone, then

    As soon as MSFT's lobbyist can boot his WinCE smartphone and hit the SpeedDial for Cheney.

    0 0
  3. Don Mitchell

    Technical decision

    They should make a sound technical decision. Both Microsoft marketing and the Linux fanboy crowd generate a lot of useless noise and propaganda. So let's hope the Navy has someone who is sensible enough to make a decision on merit.

    0 0
  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Re: Well he's gone, then

    So, that's never then. :D

    </being_facetious>

    About time too.

    Now, I wonder if the Royal Navy (Or what's left of it) is going to follow the US Navy's lead. Probably not

    0 0
This topic is closed for new posts.