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6/10/12 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by The Register .co .uk 

The US Navy has signed off on a $27,883,883 contract from military contractor Raytheon to install Linux ground control software for its fleet of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones.

The contract covers the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River in Maryland, which has already spent $5,175,075 beginning to install Linux systems. The no-bid contract was awarded to finish the work and get the Navy's drone fleet fully operational using a Linux backbone.

To read the full story, click here.
Edited by joshd - 6/10/12 at 2:39pm
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6/10/12 at 2:26pm
Love those misleading tittles smile.gif
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6/10/12 at 2:28pm
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Love those misleading tittles smile.gif

Misleading how?
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6/10/12 at 2:33pm
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Misleading how?

Guessing he meant, he thought that the Navy BOUGHT Linux, as a whole, thats how I understood it when I read it the first time xD
Yea yea I know tongue.gif silly me
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6/10/12 at 2:33pm
I find it really interesting, and the title is not misleading at all..
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post #6 of 15
6/10/12 at 2:34pm
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Misleading how?
Buying proprietary/classified software that works on/with Linux one different levels and buying Linux sounds to you entirely same?
From tittle I could only assume they bought ubuntu disks to install them on computers... at least it could say "US navy buys Linux based software to guide drone fleet"

Most of people know that Linux is free, so reading title like this results in "WTH is this".
Edited by DiNet - 6/10/12 at 2:36pm
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6/10/12 at 2:35pm
The title is definitely misleading.. Although seeing as Linux is open-source it can't really be bought so I guess as long as people are aware of that then its okay ^L_^
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post #8 of 15
6/10/12 at 3:25pm
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"If I would need to select between Windows XP and a Linux based system while building a military system, I wouldn't doubt a second which one I would take," F-Secure's security researcher Mikko Hypponen pointed out at the time.

Nice
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6/12/12 at 1:25am
the thing that bought here is the company services which is services in installing linux as a part of control software in their base. CMIIW.

it does makes sense since if it is windows I'm imagining a lump sump of money needed and prolly easy to hack.
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6/12/12 at 4:29am
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After a malware attack on the Air Force's Windows-based drone-control system last year, there has been a wholesale move to Linux for security reasons.

 

Pretty much sums it up right there.

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