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Oregon Bill Would Require Open Source Consideration

Posted by timothy on from the commonwealth dept.

VeniDormi writes "I just found out that House Bill 2892 was introduced in the Oregon House of Representatives by Representative Phil Barnhart. The summary: 'Requires state government to consider using open source software when acquiring new software. Sets other requirements for acquiring software.' Rep. Barnhart has a few comments on the bill." A NewsForge story has more information, including some words from Rep. Barnhart.

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  1. I know why they are doing this... by saskboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    This must be a Washington - Oregon rivalry, that is manifesting itself at the legislative level.

    That is a fancy way of saying "Screw you Bill Gates, and your f'ing Seatle company".

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    1. Re:I know why they are doing this... by jazman_777 · · Score: 3, Funny
      Didn't Gates hometown end up doing this? I remember reading somewhere about Windows not being up to the task of town management while Gates house was being built. Haven't found the article yet.

      That would be the city of Medina. His property _doubled_ the amount of property paperwork for the small city (ie, he cost them $$$). They set up a linux box to run their stuff. They turned the monitor on one of the boxes to the window so passersby could see it was not running Windows.

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  2. Re:How does MS feel about this? by leviramsey · · Score: 2, Funny
    It'd be interesting to know what Oregon's northern neighbors in Redmond think about this.

    You know, I think Washington should activate their National Guard and invade Oregon over this. That would be really fun to watch on TV. I know, we have that as the 8:00 lead-in to the war in Iraq at 9:00. Dyn-o-mite!

  3. Re:What a surprise... by wembley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but who wants to get an Oregonish massage?

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  4. And on the border... by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    And on the border of Oregon and Washington State, the tanks are massing for an invasion of Oregon.

    The Govenor of Washington was heard to refer to this operation as "Operation Make Bill Richer"...

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  5. Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    (d) To guarantee the succession and permanence of public data, it is necessary that the state's accessibility to that data be independent of the goodwill of the state's computer system suppliers and the monopoly conditions imposed by these suppliers;

    The "s" at the end of supplier of course is a typo.

  6. Re:How does MS feel about this? by binaryDigit · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, I think Washington should activate their National Guard and invade Oregon over this

    I can see it now, Idaho will send human shields in to Oregon to protect valuable hiking grounds and fisheries. The French of course will not support Washington. Berkeley will pass a resolution to pout and not bath until Washington backs down. Meantime the Oregonian leaders will be out in Elmira with Ken Kesey chillin with some good jane wonderin what all the fuss is about. It would then be up to the white supremecists in Portland to defend the state.

  7. Prize offered by El_Smack · · Score: 2, Funny

    $100 for the first politician to do the same thing....in the great State of Washington.

    *tumbleweed rolls slowly by*

    What, no takers?

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    1. Re:Prize offered by TechnoVooDooDaddy · · Score: 2, Funny

      uh... chances are MS has already out-bid you...

    2. Re:Prize offered by El_Smack · · Score: 5, Funny

      No way man. In this country our elected representatives listen to "The People", not Big Business.

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  8. Re:I write code for government agencies by Sgs-Cruz · · Score: 3, Funny
    They were looking for an RMS system to complement their police dispatching system.

    I can't see RMS complimenting anything, let alone his hippie software complementing the dispatching system run by the MAN! :)

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  9. Hey Barnhart... by PsychoKiller · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rep. Barnhart says, "I am a long-time lurker on Slashdot, so I have been aware of the [open source] issue for some time. I've been convinced for a long time that Windows is a difficult program -- wasteful and expensive." And, he adds, "The little experience I've had with open source has been very positive."

    Get back to work!

  10. Re:How does MS feel about this? by Jason+Earl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you kidding? The last thing that any red-blooded Idahoan wants to do is protect Oregon's wildlife. We pray every night that the entire state of Oregon drops into the sea so that we can use our valuable river water in the way God intended, watering our fields.

    Heck, most Oregonians are barely a step above your average Californian, and your average Californian is actually two or three steps below Satan himself. Not that the folks from Washington are much better.

  11. carefull by ryusen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft, might decide that they don't liek this and buy Oregon, break it into parts, then sell what they don't want to California and Seattle.

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  12. Completely off-topic: by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 2, Funny


    Why do hippies come to Oregon?

    Because there are no jobs.