On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, TimH wrote: > I imagine that the right stratagy could turn Eugene, already known for lots > of alternative views and ideas, into an 'Open Source' town... It's small > enough and there are enough of us to make a difference...
What's that quote about it is only unreasonable people who can change the world... But yes changing people's perceptions is the name of the game, and open source is quite a big change of perception for most people. Why isn't the Government Open Source, in the sense of being clearly legible and comprehensible, with the most advanced technologies being bent towards every single person having a clear idea of what the government IS and what it is DOING. Of course handing out important information like budgets projected versus actual costs is rather sensitive and we would 'in the interests of national security' like to keep it down to only people who have a vested interest in certain institutions survival. Any body ever hear of the fad for 'Open-Book' Management a while back? Something along the lines of every participant being able to see in as close to real time as possible how well the organization as a whole is doing. And it has to do with unix because faulty logic should be exposed.... :+} > > Then again, maybe I just need coffee... > > TimH > > On Saturday 13 October 2001 09:34 am, you wrote: > > There's a story in the latest Linux Journal (Nov 2001) about how Bike > > Friday of Eugene, OR, is migrating to Linux/PostgreSQL away from MS > > Access for their database. > > > > The title from the website: > > > > Moving to PostgreSQL's Object-Relational DBMS by Chris Volpe > > Cleaning house--moving to PostgreSQL one step at a time. > > > > I haven't read it yet, but seeing Eugene in there was pretty cool. > > > > -Rob >
