Red Tape Hinders Open Source Uptake in Government
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| Panelists at the Government Open Source Conference in Portland, Ore.,
| this week suggested that what is needed now is a process or model that
| can be shared by states to go about acquiring new technologies and
| solutions that are open source. But to get there, "we need to re-think
| the whole procurement process," said City of Newport News (Va.) Chief
| Information Officer Andy Stein.
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| In addition to a focus on the challenges of government open source
| adoption and procurement, the conference featured a general recognition
| that open source and government work well together.
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| "I think it's a fascinating model of where the world is going," Cohen
| said, referring to a government open source alliance among China, Japan
| and Korea.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/53632.html
It's usually companies that write/influence the laws (a well-known fact).
Recall the OpenOffice/Firefox-BSA confrontations.
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