Oregon mulls open-source mandate March 6 ? Oregon could become the first state to require that open-source software be considered by its agencies as an alternative to any proprietary solution, if a bill introduced this week passes muster.
THE OPEN SOURCE Software for Oregon Act would mandate that any state government agency consider open-source software for all new software acquisitions and make purchasing decisions based on a value-for-money basis. Moreover, under the act, state workers would have to avoid buying products that dont comply with open standards. Long term, my hope is we will get computer systems away from proprietary operating systems and towards open standards, said Phil Barnhart, the state representative who introduced the bill. The benefits are about maintaining privacy ... and access to open information on the Internet. Full story at: http://www.msnbc.com/news/881911.asp?0dm=T17IT#BODY -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ It is the mind that moves ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
