Around Wed,Mar 26 2003, at 04:48,  Ben Barrett, wrote:
> I noticed that today, too, just minutes ago -- nice to see that the
> Oregonian is running a piece about "Ken's Bill" too!!
> Way to go, open sores  = ))
> 
> BenB
> 
> 
> PS - linuxtoday links to the oregonian article...  would also like to
> point out that this "Bill" is not at all about anti-M$ or being
> Micro$oft-free... it has to do with forcing gov't agencies to CONSIDER
> the open source alternatives, which are indeed often overlooked since
> there aren't many vendors out there, replying to the typical gov't RFP
> (request for proposal) or contract about such free-software alternatives

Not just open source software, the data needs to be in an open source
format (ie, non-propriety).  

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