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[News] Governments Learn About Free Software in Conference

  • Subject: [News] Governments Learn About Free Software in Conference
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:32:09 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
GOSCON 2007: The Government Open Source Conference

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| Deb Bryant has done an exceptional job growing and maintaining the quality of 
| this conference. It is an excellent event if you have anything to do with 
| free and open source software from a government perspective.  
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http://stephesblog.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/09/goscon-2007-the.html

They can hopefully learn to embrace it, not fight it. While they control their
code (power to the customer), they can't spy on people who control their code
as well.


Related:

FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threat

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| While there's been plenty of speculation about how the FBI might deliver 
| spyware electronically, this case appears to be the first to reveal how the 
| technique is used in practice. The FBI did confirm in 2001 that it was 
| working on a virus called Magic Lantern but hasn't said much about it since.    
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9746451-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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