In article <2486043.eDFq3QjlNE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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> Support governments moving away from Windows Vista and toward free software
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> | In some cases, governments are instead moving to other kinds of
> | proprietary software. This is why we need to emphasize the freedom
> | of free software operating systems like GNU/Linux and not just
> | their technical advantages (as represented by the term "open source").
> | What we want is not the rejection of Microsoft in particular--we
> | want governments to acknowledge the ethical ramifications of their
> | software choices and leave proprietary software behind entirely.
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> http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/support-governments-moving-away-from-windows-vista-and-toward-free-software
> http://tinyurl.com/2l2zwy
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> Recent:
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> FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
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> | Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
> | hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
> | deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
> | Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
> | computers pass their shelf life.
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> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
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> Cyberattacks at federal agencies draw House scrutiny
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> | In the process of analyzing that malicious code, analysts also
> | discovered another previously unknown hole in the Windows operating
> | system that lacked a security patch.
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> http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6177783.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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> The feds weigh in on Windows security
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> | "The benefits of this move are enormous: Common, secure configurations
> | can help slow botnet spreading, can radically reduce delays in patching,
> | can stop many attacks directly, and organizations that have made the
> | move report that it actually saves money rather than costs money,"
> | Paller wrote.
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> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6172158.html
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Good. Yet another official sanction for the great Windows quarantine.
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