How about providing the Whitehouse Github account: https://github.com/WhiteHouse/
Thats your government agency that is not full of crap, but just pushing out code they use on their website. BTW, if you are interested to work on the product that powers whitehouse.gov, you are more than welcome to join, this friday. Its Drupal. On Monday 10 September 2012 03:32:04 [email protected] wrote: > I think all governments have risk managers who undertake risk evaluations > before zeroing in on closed and non-audited source code from a > predominantly American company and with strong ties to the government of > the USA like you said. These solutions are tested and bench-marked at > acceptable evaluation levels (Common Criteria, ITSEC, TCSEC, etc) > > I would like you to prove a simple scenario with simple terms the whole > community understands (TCO, ALE, ARO, ROI, etc) that its not > worthwhile.... > > > Think about how many government systems which depend on closed and > > non-audited source code from a predominantly American company and with > > strong ties to the government of the USA. Madness, is what it is. > > > > Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > >>this is a very wise decision from the Kenyan government. If developing > >>nations > >>want any control over their own ICT infrastructure & industry, this is > >>the way > >>to go. See Brazil, Vietnam etc. > >> > >>On Sunday 09 September 2012 20:47:31 Simon Vass wrote: > >>> FYI > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Simon Vass > >>> Managing Director > >>> E-Tech Uganda Ltd > >>> > >>> http://www.etech.ug > >>> Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > >>> email: [email protected] > >>> skype: e-techservicedesk > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Forwarded Message ----- > >>> From: Evans Ikua <[email protected]> > >>> To: FOSS certification <[email protected]> > >>> Cc: fbt <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:44:20 +0300 (EAT) > >>> Subject: [Certification] Kenya Government plans to migrate systems to > >>> open source software > >>> > >>> After a successful Software Freedom Day in Kenya last weekend, the > >> > >>ICT > >> > >>> Secretary at the Office of the President revealed that the Kenya > >> > >>Government > >> > >>> is planning to migrate its systems to free and open source software, > >> > >>a move > >> > >>> that will greatly benefit open source developers in Kenya. Please > >> > >>read more: > >> > >>http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Developers+lined+up+for+huge+gains+in+s > >>o > >> > >>> ftware+shift/-/1248928/1497380/-/kp7oeu/-/index.html > >> > >>-- > >>rgds, > >> > >>Reinier Battenberg > >>Director > >>Mountbatten Ltd. > >>www.mountbatten.net > >>tel: +256 758 801749 > >>twitter: @batje > >>_______________________________________________ > >>The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >> > >>Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > >>[email protected] > >>Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >>Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >> > >>The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > >>http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >> > >>The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >>attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them > >>in any way. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > > any way. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing > list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. www.mountbatten.net tel: +256 758 801749 twitter: @batje _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
