Oracle Whitepaper: The Department of Defense and Open Source Software

direct link to the whitepaper: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/cloud-app-found...

Oracle argues that open source for military applications would be 1) more expensive and 2) less reliable than commercial software. The whole paper is a rehash of an old oracle whitepaper from 2009 [1]. Ironically both points are refuted by the DoDs own FAQ on Open Source Software [2]. It's noteworthy too, that the DoD has long years of experience using open source software and has published its take away lessons [3].

So what's the reason for Oracle to rehash its old FUD right now and picking a target that obviously knows better?

[1] http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/046045.pdf

[2] http://dodcio.defense.gov/OpenSourceSoftwareFAQ.aspx

[3] http://dodcio.defense.gov/Portals/0/Documents/FOSS/OTD-lesso...