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In A Tighter Economy, Why Not Open Source In All Government Offices?
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| Later, after my response online, I was thinking that with the economy being
| what it is, and Microsoft product warranties being what they are, all
| governmental agencies should be using open source software. Now, I’ll stop
| short of advocating a change to Linux, that would be too drastic, as the
| public has not had enough exposure to that operating system. But
| applications? Oh yes, enthusiastically yes!
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http://www.lockergnome.com/theoracle/2008/11/23/in-a-tighter-economy-why-not-open-source-in-all-government-offices/
Attention Schools: Beware of Infinite Campus
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| My school uses a SIS program called Infinite Campus. The SIS (Student
| Information System) is the backbone for any school. It manages everything
| from grades to lunch money, from registration to lesson plans, and everything
| in between. If you use, are employed by, and/or have high regards for the
| Infinite Campus company, I strongly advise that you not to read this post, as
| it may smash your high-held opinions about this fraud into little tiny
| shards.
|
| [...]
|
| They claim their mission statement is “Transforming K12 Education™”. I
| believe I have already explained enough to show why this is the stupidest
| statement any proprietary software company can make. How can anyone
| transform something if they can’t access it? Could have anyone improved upon
| the Model-T automobile if Ford had only made a few of them, and then offered
| rides to people when it was practical for him? In the same way, can anyone
| improve software if the malevolent company that “owns” the software forces
| that person to treat its use as a privilege?
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http://trombonechamp.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/beware-of-infinite-campus/
Recent:
Education IT chiefs debate open source
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| The concept of open source software seems so firmly entrenched in higher
| education that it comes as almost a shock to realize there's actually a
| debate over it. But debate there was, civilized and trenchant, this week
| during the annual Educause conference on high technology in higher education
| in the US.
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| "It's really tough to take [commercial software] systems built for a
| corporate world and stick them into an education world," said Bradley
| Wheeler, vice president for IT and CIO at Indiana University, adding that one
| recent book estimated education globally would spent US$5.5 billion
| installing ERP, much of it in modifying commercial software to meet
| institutional needs. "We spend so much money trying to hard fit those things
| in."
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1693114264;fp;4;fpid;1968336438
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