earthpigg
January 28th, 2010, 08:41 AM
got this article from the San Fran LUG mailing list:
http://mashable.com/2010/01/22/open-source-san-francisco/
Why Open Source is the New Software Policy in San Francisco
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Open source software is created by the people for the people and as such is ideal for government. To that goal, I am extremely proud to announce today the nation’s first open source software policy for city government.
San Francisco’s new policy requires city departments to consider open source software equally with commercial products when purchasing new software. The opportunities with open source are tremendous: lower costs, greater agility, better reliability, improved security, and increased innovation.
Under the leadership of our City CIO, Chris Vein, and the Department of Technology, we have witnessed the benefits of open source with shorter implementation times and lower costs. We have seen this with my web site, DataSF.org, RecoverySF.org and our 311 integration with Twitter.
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read the full story at the link above.
does anyone think that perhaps it would behoove Canonical to offer free consulting services for what could very well become a pilot project?
http://mashable.com/2010/01/22/open-source-san-francisco/
Why Open Source is the New Software Policy in San Francisco
...
Open source software is created by the people for the people and as such is ideal for government. To that goal, I am extremely proud to announce today the nation’s first open source software policy for city government.
San Francisco’s new policy requires city departments to consider open source software equally with commercial products when purchasing new software. The opportunities with open source are tremendous: lower costs, greater agility, better reliability, improved security, and increased innovation.
Under the leadership of our City CIO, Chris Vein, and the Department of Technology, we have witnessed the benefits of open source with shorter implementation times and lower costs. We have seen this with my web site, DataSF.org, RecoverySF.org and our 311 integration with Twitter.
...
read the full story at the link above.
does anyone think that perhaps it would behoove Canonical to offer free consulting services for what could very well become a pilot project?