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Two more points: what about Windows? you're kidding yourself if you think you're going to move literally hundreds of thousands of machines away from Microsoft platforms in the near future, if ever; it would require a complete reengineering of the entire gov IT infrastructure. Also, the vast majority of _custom_ software is going to be secure--and the CIA and DOD would _never_ give that away.
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This is totally unrealistic. The government would be left with knockoff clones like OpenOffice, and no company will develop software that they'll be compelled to give away. MAYBE you can require that software _developed_ for government (like what?) is released OS, but trying to require that the proprietary software they use gets OS'd is madness.
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Would this proposition imply that Microsoft Office would become off-limits?
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The reason why DARPA gets to be badass and invent things like the internet, though, is because of that D. The government will _pour_ money into defense research. Get rid of that D, and its scope will be slashes and it'll rapidly vanish from relevance.
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@RichardBronosky If i was an engineer? I work on brain implants, am a tech founder, and have been hacking my whole life. Don't assume that--"if you were an engineer" is one of the worst insults you could give someone technical.
By "secure" I meant in capability. That we're able to do things, or the methods we employ, themselves are secret. The NSA could have broken RSA for all we know.