| Sun's McNealy: Some federal officials see open source as 'anti-capitalist' |
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Although open-source platforms are widely used today in the federal government -- particularly Linux and Sun's own products, Solaris and Java -- McNealy believes many government officials don't understand it, fear it and even oppose it for ideological reasons.
McNealy cited an open-source development project Sun worked on with Health and Human Services Department, during which a federal official said "that open source was anti-capitalist." That sentiment, McNealy fears, is not unusual or isolated.
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