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> <Quote>
> In an effort to reduce rising government IT costs, the Obama
> administration could turn to open source software. Sun cofounder and
> former CEO Scott McNealy says that the Obama administration has asked
> him to prepare a paper that will address this topic and provide
> guidance on potential open source adoption strategies.
>
> There are many ways that state and federal governments can save money
> by adopting open source software; large-scale Linux deployments in
> public schools in the United States have been highly successful, for
> instance. Overseas, foreign governments are bringing down IT costs by
> migrating technical infrastructure in government facilities. In
> addition to helping cut costs, open technologies also increase
> interoperability and give IT departments more flexibility in how they
> use and manage software.
>
> [But McNealy a bad choice for the job.] Asking Scott McNealy to
> write a paper about open source software is a bit like asking Dick
> Cheney to write a paper about government transparency.
>
> "It's intuitively obvious open source is more cost effective and
> productive than proprietary software," McNealy told the BBC on
> Wednesday. "Open source does not require you to pay a penny to
> Microsoft or IBM or Oracle or any proprietary vendor any money."
>
> [Bizarre McNealy quote:] "Shut down some of the bullshit the
> government is spending money on and use it to buy all the Microsoft
> stock. Then put all their intellectual property in the public domain.
> Free Windows for everyone! Then we could just bronze Gates, turn him
> into a statue and stick him in front of the Commerce Department."
>
> Fortunately, Obama doesn't even have to turn to former Silicon Valley
> executives to find a skilled mind to help him put together a winning
> IT strategy. The Department of Defense employs some of the leading
> experts on government open source adoption. [Sue C Payton mentioned]
>
> The DoD is rapidly embracing open source software as a means of
> reducing IT costs and increasing flexibility.
> </Quote>
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>
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090122-an-odd-choice-to-help-government-with-open-source-strategy.html
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> Better than asking Bill Gates.
BSA lobbies Obama for software patents at the Democratic Convention in Denver
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| IP-watch tell us that BSA went to lobby Obama at the Democratic Convention in
| Denver with a list of principles, where the first one is "inspire creativity
| and innovation through strong, comprehensive, and enforceable intellectual
| property policies, including copyright, patent and trademark laws." Software
| patents are definitely on the top of the agenda of American multinationals.
| BSA does not has any small software company in its members, and Microsoft
| more active then the other members in using the association as a vector for
| its purposes.
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http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-86815/bsa-lobbies-obama-for-software-patents-at-the-democratic-convention-in-denver
http://tinyurl.com/68wgn9
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