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Given that it is open source, it seems odd that they wouldn't run it on their own servers.

Just because I know how a car works mechanically doesn't mean I'm inclined to build a fleet of my own.

The DoD absolutely has the technical ability to run their own shit.

Yes, but he's suggesting that DoD might not care to, which I can believe. Whether that's out of laziness or time constraints is another question.

The trend for the last couple of decades (since Reagan?) is: if it’s not used to kill people, contract it out. Systems that used to be run by DoD personnel are now ran by Oracle/Microsoft in the cloud and Northrop/Raytheon and various small companies for on-premise.

Sorta but sorta not.

Lots of things are contracted out but still run in DoD data centers with government oversight.

Me = Former DoD software engineer of 12 years.

But even so, there are a shit ton of DoD software people.

There’s an entire Agency of them.

It’s called the Defense Information Systems Agency. And they’re not even the biggest in that space.

I worked there for about five years.

Even the "killing people" part is also contracted out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_company

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