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xyle_one:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3095377
 
quote: The Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it has awarded a five-year, $90 million enterprise agreement to Microsoft Corp MSFT.O to become the department's primary technology provider.

Under the contract, Microsoft will supply desktop and server software to the newly created department, which has merged parts of 22 different agencies into one entity.

The agreement delivers licensing coverage for about 140,000 desktops and will help the department to establish a common computing environment, Homeland Security said in a statement.

Dell Marketing LP. was selected as the reseller, to provide the day-to-day management of the enterprise agreement, it said.
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WTF  :eek:  
homeland SECURITY is going to use the worlds MOST INSECURE SOFTWARE as its tech base? It boggles the mind.

bwid_s_01:
The terrorists are probably partying over this joyous news.

jasonlane:
If all goes well, by that I mean usual number of virii, breaches and problems that M$ seems to suffer on a regular basis. Then hopefully it will only speed up the collapse or removal of M$ from it's supposed top spot.

Let's hope the dept of Homeland Insecurity get's really pissed with them as well.

[ July 16, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

xyle_one:
lets hope so  

HibbeeBoy:
Re arrange the following words into a well known phrase or saying;

organise, a piss-up, brewery, couldn't

Oh yes, Korea must be shaking in their shoes now.

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