In a move which brings a whole new meaning to the “Blue Screen of Death”, the Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $90 Million contract to Microsoft to provide the desktop and server software for about 140,000 computers inside the organization.
I would normally use profanity here, but I think I’m too stunned by the complete ignorance this decision displays.
Tom Ridge and Co. certainly had other options, and I think we all know that bad things are likely to happen because of this.
Others have mentioned moving to another country as a safety measure — I vote for Northern Ireland, at least it’s safe there…
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I don’t understand the Goverment. I mean, is it the same Ms sued for monopoly and the same Ms that realeses patches every other day, oh well, Zeldman said it best…
really the only other alternative was linux. i dont think macs are cost effective enough (albeit being solid performers) to be considered a choice in this specific arena.
i wonder why they didnt use linux. it would have been a cost effective solution that would make more sense given the economic conditions. also it would have been a significant boost to open source initiatives.
one thing thats really obvious is that Microsoft has quickly learned the political game. before the anti-trust suit, microsoft was nowhere in the washington radar. now they are obviously very much in the business.