__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 21 July 2006 08:58 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 20 July 2006 00:51 \__
>>
>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33120
>>>
>>> The Croatian government has decided that it (for government bodies) will
>>> go Open Source...
>>>
>>> - it feels that proprietary software leads to too much dependence on
>>> suppliers, which can damage the market competition.
>>>
>>> - it also says that open source programmes make the government's business
>>> more transparent and free access to information.
>>>
>>> - it reckons that Open Source will also save the Croatian tax payers huge
>>> amounts of cash while at the same time strengthening the domestic
>>> information science industry.
>>>
>>> Hmmm... seems reasonable......
>>
>> Some time ago (just over a week) they instated an Open Source policy. I
>> hadn't realised that the entire nation was due to move to Open Source at
>> government level. Thumbs up for GNU, Tux, and Open Source developers.
>> *smile*
>
> Idea for a website - a table of national governments with a coding which
> shows 100% legacy proprietary, Y% moved to open-source, 100%
> open-source. Any volunteers?
Nice idea, Mark. We can set up a Wiki in a new domain, but I
suspect that a map would be more appealing. It would be
somewhat like a game of risk, wouldn't it? This also reminds
me of Om Malik's recent project (it happens to be
Wiki-based) for gathering a community-driven knowledgebase
about broadband usage, speed, suppliers, etc. around the
world. Since no-one has enough information, maybe a table
with countries and a list of milestones could do...
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