CSI Portland and Other Oregon Open Source Happenings
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| Long-time readers of BlueOregon are by now accustomed to discussions
| of Oregon's high-profile role in the global open source technology
| industry. The open source ethos not only fits well with Oregon
| values of community, transparency and sustainability. Despite
| some bumps in the road, open source continues to be a bright
| spot in the Oregon tech industry landscape.
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http://www.blueoregon.com/2007/04/csi_portland_an.html
Related:
Desperate times led the CIO of the Oregon Department of Human Services to use
open source software.
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| "My view is that open source software is to the applications arena what
| the Internet was to networks and communications 10 years ago," said
| Crowell, who served as DHS CIO for three years. "In other words, it
| will become dominant in the next 10 years and overtake proprietary
| business models."
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http://www.public-cio.com/story.php?id=2007.04.03-104759&story_pg=1
Oregon joins states considering open-source legislation
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| The bill as it is currently written appears to more explicitly favor
| the use of free, open-source software such as OpenOffice and its
| native format, Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF),
| than do pending proposals in other states.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=open_source&articleId=9014658&taxonomyId=88&intsrc=kc_top
http://tinyurl.com/2mrumt
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