In general someone should check how many State tech contracts are with NH-based tech companies versus out of State, or even outside the US ones.
On Nov 4, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Seth Cohn <[email protected]> writes: >> >> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Bill McGonigle <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The first time I met Seth was in early 2006 at a House Committee >>> Hearing. They were considering a bill to encourage the State IT >>> organization to consider Open Source software before buying commercial >>> solutions and a small contingent of GNHLUG'ers showed up to offer their >>> support. > [...] >> With the budget hole as large as it is, things like open source (ie >> 'free' software) might find the needed support, with the promise of >> saving both now and longer term. > > Since FOSS solutions are also more supportable by local engineers > (both in terms of `tech support', and actual software maintenance), > I wonder if people might also appreciate the quicker turn-around > for issue-resolution, as well as the the `creating local jobs > for engineers in NH' angle, these days. > > -- > "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
