Two important headlines:
IBM, Microsoft, Oracle beware: Russia wants open source, sees you as security risk
And even Russian software products could be banned from government agency IT systems if they're built on US-made software platforms.
Russian government ponders open source purchasing preference
Open code with Russian services preferred, unless good excuses can be found
My comment:
I wrote the original cyber-vulnerability letter to the White House in 1994, and instead of acting responsibly, the US Government allowed NSA -- with the active complicty of US communicaitons and computing provider CEOs -- to compromise all US offerings. Not only are the communications and computing devices and related consulting compromised, but so are larger offerings (e.g. Boeing aircraft, which come with a computer system pre-configured for US Government remote control take-over -- Lufthansa is reported to have discovered this and at great expense removed all US computers from every aircraft). NOTE: I am quite certain about both of the above indictments, but only a proper European Commission investigation can satisfy the public interest; I believe that the same problems infect C4I systems from China, France, Israel, and Russia, and I do not believe most people are aware that the electrical system is now easily used to enter computers that are nominally disconnected from the Internet.
There are three reasons for the European Commission to move aggressively on Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE):
01. Stop the hemmoraging of European data to the US mass surveillance enterprise
02 OSEE costs between 10% and 25% in comparison to proprietary and often deeply flawed offerings
03 OSEE at the cloud level enables infinite information sharing and sense-making (with rights protected); this in turn eliminates fraud, waste, and abuse across all policy and investment domains.
The fastest way for the European Commission to get a grip on OSEE is to create an Open Source (Technologies) Agency with two Bureaus: an Information Bureau and an Innovation Bureau. Below is my most concise statement of what such an agency might look like.
Steele, Robert. “Memorandum for the Vice President, “SUBJECT: Supporting the President’s Interest in 2015 Defense, Diplomacy, and Development Innovation – the Open Source (Technologies) Agency, Digital Deserts, & Global Stabilization,” Oakton, VA: Earth Intelligence Network, October 8, 2015.
Best wishes to all,
City/Location: Oakton, VA USA