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SF Gate on Open Source Government

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tear-down-this-proprietary-wall dept.

Bruce Perens writes: "At the San Francisco Chronicle's SF Gate, Hal Plotkin points to Sincere Choice as the right compromise for an IT renaissance in Government including both Open Source and proprietary software. The article is extremely flattering to yours truly, but a good push in the right direction from a well-respected commentator."

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  1. Re:Excellent strategy by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4, Informative
    You must be aware that trying to lead this community is like herding cats. Do you really think that there would have been that much coordinated activity among so many people with differing goals and viewpoints, and in a Machevelian way? No, sorry. I actually could not get Red Hat to sign on to Sincere Choice, Tiemann had alread decided on his direction.

    And you credit me with more political sophistication than I have, so far.

    Bruce

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    Bruce Perens.
  2. Re:PDF"s by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4, Informative
    If it is possible for the Free Software community to implement PDF forms without any legal problems, and if the format is fully documented, I would not object to PDF. There is some question regarding whether the documentation is sufficient. There is also the PDF encryption issue.

    Thanks

    Bruce

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    Bruce Perens.