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Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House cyber policy director

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Re: Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House cyber policy director

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all tax payer funded software should be open source

I see this sentiment all the time, but it could never apply to the defense sector. Do you really want our nations enemies to have access to the source code of fighter jets, cruise missiles, the nuclear weapons program, or missile defense systems?

Re: Microsoft is a national security threat: ex-White House cyber policy director

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post #5

all tax payer funded software should be open source

I see this sentiment all the time, but it could never apply to the defense sector. Do you really want our nations enemies to have access to the source code of fighter jets, cruise missiles, the nuclear weapons program, or missile defense systems?

ok. most.

and an aside note do you really want the national defense to be one thumb drive away from total collapse?

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