On 29 December 2013 12:55, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Can we please stop paying the Microsoft and NSA taxes
The WMF doesn't.
and start buying datacenter equipment which costs a lot less? Cubieboard/Cubietrucks for instance?
Ref.:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catalog-reveals-nsa-has-back-doors...
Best regards, James
Using non standard data center equipment is a great way to add costs.
As for security given the limited resources the WMF has whenever GCHQ, FSB and MSS have wanted to get in they have and there is nothing we can do about this.