Military Drops OpenBSD Funding Because of de Raadt's Antiwar Comment

[Tim May]

On Friday, April 18, 2003, at 02:22  PM, Major Variola (ret) wrote:

> SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. military's research agency cut off
> grant money for helping to develop a secure, free operating system 
> after
> a top programmer made anti-war statements to a major newspaper.
>
> The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency halted the contract
> less than two weeks after The Globe and Mail of Toronto published a
> story in which programmer Theo de Raadt was quoted as saying he was
> "uncomfortable" about the funding source.
>
> "I try to convince myself that our grant means a half of a cruise
> missile doesn't get built," de Raadt told the newspaper.
>
> Within a few days, de Raadt said he received an e-mail from Jonathan
> Smith, a computer science professor at the University of Pennsylvania
> and the grant's lead researcher, expressing discomfort over the
> statements.
>

Not enough bugs in OpenBSD.

Not enough back doors in OpenBSD.

"If you are using OpenBSD, you are computing with Osama."


--Tim May