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		rdtsc on March 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubuntu vs RHEL in enterprise computing We would love to sell and use Ubuntu based systems to the military and some enterprise but unfortunately there is a slew of certificates that RHEL systems have that Ubuntu don't. Like FIPS 140-2 etc. http://www.redhat.com/solutions/industry/government/certific... Ubuntu is just not on many of those lists. It costs quite a bit of money and effort to get some of them.

cs702 on March 14, 2012 [–]

Send an email to Mark Shuttleworth as instructed here: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1056

Or post a comment. Mark will likely respond personally (he usually does on his blog).

rdtsc on March 14, 2012 | [–]

Thanks for the link. I just sent him a message.

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