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Open source matters to open government. Really.
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| They're right, of course, that open standards
| are crucial to ensuring meaningful
| transparency in government. It does not
| follow, however, that this precludes a role
| for open source. Open source software is an
| invaluable tool -- one of many -- to approach
| all three goals (transparency, collaboration,
| participation) of the Open Government
| Directive. It's not about open source
| software specifically, although the software
| helps. It's about the process that open
| source projects use to create good software.
| Because the open source development process
| requires real collaboration, tangible
| progress towards a goal, and the
| participation of a broad community of users
| and developers, it's an excellent mechanism
| for getting citizens involved in the work of
| government.
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http://opensource.com/government/10/3/open-source-matters-open-government-really
Recent:
Software industry's false choice for governments
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| At Microsoft's Public Sector CIO Summit this
| week, Microsoft is promising governments
| "choice," a theme normally reserved for the
| freedom-loving open-source set.
|
| But Microsoft's "choice" campaign is all about
| giving governments the option to step into the
| Google-blessed cloud realm without leaving the
| comfort of their Windows/Office/etc.
| environments. For some, and perhaps many, this
| may be just the sort of safe choice they're
| seeking.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10458845-16.html
Related:
MS âSoftware Choiceâ scheme a clever fraud
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| Microsoft's new "Software Choice" campaign is all for your right to choose...
| as long as you choose Microsoft. It's too bad that Intel and the U.S.
| Government couldn't see through the rhetoric.
|
| Microsoft is worried about Peruvian Congressman Edgar Villanueva's proposal
| for his nation's government agencies to standardize on Free Software for
| their own internal use. But Villanueva makes an important point: everybody
| has to deal with the government. If a government uses proprietary software,
| its citizens will probably have to use the same software to communicate with
| it. A government web site that only supports Internet Explorer would lock
| citizens into that Microsoft product. In contrast, a government site using
| open standards and avoiding patented software would allow citizens to choose
| between many different kinds of software to access the site.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/09/ms_software_choice_scheme/
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