Governments support "business", first and foremost ... as there is no monolithic "government" there is some disagreement on how best to do that, and which ones to support, or support the most, but the fact still remains.
Regards
Fred James

Bob Crandell wrote:
That's obvious. Almost any American government will pick an expensive option over a cost effective one any day.
Dreaming about the Droid from which to send this.

>>> James Kaplan <[email protected]> 8/13/2010 7:19 AM >>>

Are you saying I lost my touch (punny) Ben? What government could argue with lower operation cost, no recurring license fees, and no in house upgrade and help support?

Seems like a Springfield (eg no brainer) to me

sent from my android!

On Aug 13, 2010 3:00 AM, "BB" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Respectfully, I would think that a town like Eugene would be all for FOSS, but, I don't think the city is going to go for it. See, it's all about the sex appeal: as you may have heard iPhone users get laid more often then Droid users, per a recent survey. We need "more Cow Bell" so to speak. You would need more of the public behind you. I'm waiting for the open source social networking site Diaspora to gage the public interest in open source.

Clearly I jest, but the underlaying premise is still correct.

Here come the Meteors!



On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Nicholas Chase <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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> I don't thin...


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