On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 03:33, Andrew Ho wrote: > Saw this on Slashdot today: > http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/08/13/1317236.shtml?tid=103&tid=117&tid=185&tid=98 > > The link to the California Performance Review recommendation: > http://www.report.cpr.ca.gov/cprrpt/issrec/stops/it/so10.htm > > The "California Performance Review" lists over 1200 recommendations that > aim to "save the state $32 billion over the next 5 years and guide > California's government into the 21th century". I think it is highly > significant that SO10 (10th recommendation for statewide operations) lists > open source.
Yes, similar recommendations with respect to FOSS use in public administration are appearing all over the place. Here are two recent news reports about FOSS use in state government of New South Wales, Australia: http://tinyurl.com/7xbvn http://tinyurl.com/66mrb -- Tim C PGP/GnuPG Key 1024D/EAF993D0 available from keyservers everywhere or at http://members.optushome.com.au/tchur/pubkey.asc Key fingerprint = 8C22 BF76 33BA B3B5 1D5B EB37 7891 46A9 EAF9 93D0
