Open source and the National Security Agency, together again

Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Dave Wreski

The Open Source Software Institute, a non-profit group that supports open-source adoption and the National Security Agency (NSA), the organization in charge of all out of country eavesdropping, will co-host an Open Source Software Industry Day on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. The unclassified, one-day event will be held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Kossiakoff Conference Center near Fort Meade, MD, which is where the NSA is based. Alas, pre-registration is already over.

If you were one of the lucky 640 to make it in, you’ll get to hear about agency’s interest in opportunities made available through open source software solutions. Yes, the NSA is looking for a few good spooks. The conference’s speakers will present information on existing open-source software products, as well as service and support offerings; and encourage government suppliers to include open-source options in their strategies and service offerings.

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