I have been reading on some of the posts on Military Grade software, and also the other thread on the question whether Linux is Military grade. Almost every one has brought out some definition of the term "military grade". I find them all to be true only partially. I won't go into details of what constitutes military specifications and how they are framed. I will also not discuss whether the Indian Military has got any such specifications regarding software. But let me tell you that the term "military grade" is normally used in the commercial/corporate world and not in the Military as such. And it connotes - ruggedness, robustness, conformance to strict standards etc.
Some other misgivings - DRDO does not lay out military specifications. It is the research wing of Defence. It is not the user. Certain sections of the Indian Military are Linux-aware. Some efforts are being made to make use of Linux in server-end. Where security is the concern, Trusted Solaris is prefered to Linux. Cost is not the primary criteria, but solidity and service availability are. But things are bound to change, with the 2.6 kernel and more and more mainline software being available with stable versions. I believe the ILUG community can act as a catalyst by arranging demos/seminars/symposiums targetted at decision-makers in the Govt./Defence. -- narsingh ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Insurance Special: Be informed on the best policies, services, tools and more. Go to: http://in.insurance.yahoo.com/licspecial/index.html _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
