I like the idea of Open Source in Government. Like any tool, it has to be managed properly but I think that at its best Open Source is better than any proprietary system.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Fournet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] should open source software be mandated for govt? > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
