Military OS?

[Harrison Owen]

For some this latest adventure of the US Army may appear surprising. After
all these are the "Kill, Kill Folks" - or something. The truth of the matter
is that the Army Green Wikipedia is right in the mainstream of the
tradition. Had it not been for the US Army the Wikipedia and other computer
based approaches would never have been - or surely would not have arrived
when they did. The early computers were funded through Army research funds,
and Internet first appeared as DARPANET - The army research arm. And before
Wikipedia software enables broad based collaborative efforts - there was a
wonderful thing called The Delta Force. This was not your sneaky special
services (also called Delta Force). This was a totally organic Army think
tank, largely computer based (DARPANET) which was charged with bringing the
best and wildest of thinking to bear on Army issues. You may recall the Army
recruiting phrase "Be All You Can Be!"  - Straight California New Age!  Came
out of The Delta Force via two totally remarkable people, Jim Channon, and
Frank Burns. Frank was the commander of the Delta Force. And there was a lot
of Open Space there - formally and informally. So the tradition continues.

 

Harrison

 

Ps - Yes I was a "member" of the Delta Force - but never US Army, I am sorry
to say.

 

Harrison Owen

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Justin T.
Sampson
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:49 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Military OS?

 

Very cool. :)

That link didn't work for me, but this did:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/business/14army.html

Cheers,
Justin



On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:50 PM, John Rapp <jfs.rapp at gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/business/14army.html_r=1
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/business/14army.html_r=1&partner=rss&emc=
rss> &partner=rss&emc=rss

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