Government is not a business. It is in the public's best interest [national security, return on taxpayer investment, freedom of information] for the government to exclusively use Open Source Software.
John Hebert wrote: >There's a very interesting discussion happening now >across various blogs and forums concerning whether or >not state and federal government should use open >source software exclusively (ala Peru). > >Here's one path in the morass: >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1840 > >I'm not sure how I feel about this yet, but it would >be interesting to discuss this with others. I do agree >with most of the comments that open standards should >be used exclusively, but I feel that open source >software should be used where it makes good sense (but >I realize that is exactly the sticking point: M$ >spends a lot of $ redefining what good sense is). > >John Hebert > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs >http://www.hotjobs.com > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
