NYPD enters the software development business

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Representatives from Microsoft and the NYPD announced the launch of their new Domain Awareness System (DAS) at a lower Manhattan press conference today. Using DAS, police are able to monitor thousands of CCTV cameras around the five boroughs, scan license plates, find out the kind of radiation cars are emitting, and extrapolate info on criminal and terrorism suspects from dozens of criminal databases ... all in near-real time.

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New York City's government will take a 30% cut of any profits. "Citizens do not like higher taxes, so we will (find other revenue outlets)," said Bloomberg. Bloomberg continued that "I hope Microsoft sells a lot of copies of this system, because 30% of the profits will go to us."

http://www.fastcompany.com/3000272/nypd-microsoft-launch-all-seeing-domain-awareness-system-real-time-cctv-license-plate-monito

[Ban Hammer 13,555]

suddenly, i'm less inclined to be irate over software piracy.

[Harsh_77 718]

Lol…. It seems Bloomberg is not aware or connected with reality like his comments on couple issues in past.

More copies they sell… more it is prone to be available for hackers to find loop holes.

That is one of the reason lot of corp spend millions on custom software never to be distributed to anyone else.

Edited August 9, 2012 by Harsh_77

[Teddy B 17,252]

Lol…. It seems Bloomberg is not aware or connected with reality like his comments on couple issues in past.

More copies they sell… more it is prone to be available for hackers to find loop holes.

That is one of the reason lot of corp spend millions on custom software never to be distributed to anyone else.

I at least give NY credit for trying to make some money out of the deal. That's a rarity for any gov't project.

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I at least give NY credit for trying to make some money out of the deal. That's a rarity for any gov't project.

yep. Most gov't project uses money from taxpayers. This propect will not be a burden on the taxpayers.

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I at least give NY credit for trying to make some money out of the deal.

Exactly. And it's doing something a lot of cities are going to do anyway. NYPD just decided to make some money from the trend. Nothing wrong with that.

Edited August 9, 2012 by Habitual Offender