My take on weakness of most (not all) previous UK government funded e-democracy-related software project was calling things open source and releasing or not quite releasing stand-alone code with no development community or company/org dedicated to supporting the software over the long-run.
If I controlled the purse strings, I'd require a justification for not using/leveraging existing open source CMS platforms that have a demonstrated base. Or better yet, fund the creation of modules/plug-ins for a few CMSes based on a publicly crafted specification that also encourages those who host proprietary content systems for government to competitively add similar, perhaps interoperable/aggregatable features. Steven Clift _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
