Seth Cohn you rock! Greg Rundlett my public PGP key<http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x5E07A26B877CEBF6>
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Coleman Kane <ck...@colemankane.org> wrote: > On 02/05/2012 04:49 PM, Jon "maddog" Hall wrote: > > On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 15:13 -0500, Bruce Dawson wrote: > >> Kudos to Seth... > >> > >> > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/04/2259227/new-hampshire-passes-open-source-bill > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list > >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >> > > I will second that "Kudos". With so much going on in government these > > days that is "questionable", this is a good example of helping > > government "make the right choice", in both the use of Free Software, > > and (even more importantly) Open Standards and Open Data. > > > > md > I've since moved back to Cincinnati, but I've reconnected with many of > my "successor" evangelists at the University here. I try to explain to > them that, no matter how hopeless or cynical the system appears, there > is a pretty big ideas vacuum. That same vacuum that allows silly ideas > like SOPA and PIPA needs to be taken advantage of more by our community. > In this case, it has really helped having a "person on the inside". If > we make sure to be part of the process, by working toward contributing > to it, we have plenty of opportunity right now to be influential in > lawmaking. > > Good work, Seth! I'll make sure I pass this along to my local reps here > in Cincinnati. I know the new city council that was elected last year > has placed on this year's agenda a plan to look into Open Source > solutions for long-term planning (to overcome recurring licensing & > support costs for proprietary closed-source legacy systems). > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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