The facts surrounding why DARPA has pulled funding from the OpenBSD project aimed at providing a more secure open source platform are uncertain to say the least. de Raadt has never been shy of giving his opinion, and even though he may often come off as being arrogant, I respect the guy for holding to his guns. I find the pulling of the grant even more typical of government mismanagement of money - and this is pure speculation in relation to the project being discussed - why give money to a program and only after most of it is spent, realize that it was a mistake. Dutiful research should be done as to the intended use of the money and whether there will be eventual issues brought up by its disbursement. Anyway, I find it unfortunate, as OpenBSD continues to push the envelope with security related issues and a so-called secure system. They have taken the voluntary effort of a few in relation to the halls of employees at companies like Microsoft, Sun and AOL and come up with one of the most stable and secure computing platforms available today. And on top of that, it is free.
It would be nice to know why...
Link1: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding
Link2: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding
(yes, two postings, same title)
