That's so succinct i'm forwarding that to my MP.

On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:51 -0500, "Steven Clift" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 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
> 
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