hi.
On Jan 15, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Bradley Holt wrote:
Jim,
Help educate them on why free/open source software and open standards
should be part of their selection criteria. If it's a web application,
then open standards should be an easy sell as it will help them reach
the broadest audience.
I encourage everyone to stop thinking about cost
and start focusing on freedom :-)
I like that.
- balu
I like it too...
but
could you phrase that in a way that would help me 'sell' it to a town
committee that's looking for the best, most sustainable option, and
has plenty of grant money to
You can always use something like this
The free open source community provides a safe and secure environment that
can be custom tailored to our needs (provide examples) the reduction of cost
also provided allows us to allocate more capital towards (secondary project
needing funding) and gives us
I encourage everyone to stop thinking about cost
and start focusing on freedom :-)
I like that.
- balu
On 1/15/09, Bradley Holt bradley.h...@gmail.com wrote:
Jim,
As Josh pointed out earlier in a related thread, free software and
free markets can co-exist quite well. While certainly
Jim,
Help educate them on why free/open source software and open standards
should be part of their selection criteria. If it's a web application,
then open standards should be an easy sell as it will help them reach
the broadest audience. Free/open source software can:
* help them avoid vendor
The Hinesburg library has gone Open Source, you could get input from them.
--
Anthony Carrico
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I thought it might be useful to know that if an idea gets enough votes on
Obama's site, he (supposedly) reviews it.
Here are the ideas related to open source software.
http://citizensbriefingbook.change.gov/search/SearchResults?str=open+sourcesearch.x=0search.y=0search=Submit
I hope that that is
