Open Source and the Feds; Your Tax Dollars at Work
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| Overall, 90 percent of open source respondents who have adopted open source
| assert that their agency derives value from it. 29 percent of the respondents
| who have not implemented open source say that they plan to implement it in
| the next six to 12 months, with the Intelligence community leading the way.
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http://www.ddj.com/blog/portal/archives/2007/11/open_source_and.html
Related and very recent:
Open source gaining traction in U.S. government
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| More than half of all U.S. government executives have rolled out open-source
| software at their agencies, and 71 percent believe their agency can benefit
| from open-source software, according to a survey.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071102/tc_infoworld/93089
South Africas Open Source Software Market Builds on the Government’s Adoption
of FOSS Policy
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| While the South African open source software (OSS) market is still in its
| development stage, the recent decision by the South African Government to
| adopt a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) policy is a significant boost
| for the industry.
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http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/press-release.pag?docid=110730017
Federal Government Votes for Open Source
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| The Federal Open Source Alliance, an organization devoted to open source
| education, today announced the results of its “Federal Open Source
| Referendum” study, the first annual report designed to identify current open
| source adoption rates and trends in the Federal market.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071101/20071101005877.html?.v=1
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