New York City Examines Law Mandating Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday May 1, 2003 @12:42AM from the budget-crisis dept.

An anonymous submitter writes "The New York Council held a hearing on the 'SOFTWARE WARS.' The Select Committee on Technology in Government, chaired by Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-Manhattan), held a public hearing Tuesday on software procurement practices by state and local governments. Representatives from the City's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Microsoft, as well as numerous local software companies testified. Newsforge is carrying the testimony at the hearing of Tony Stanco, Director of The Center of Open Source & Government." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.

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Re:Stealth! UAVs! SEALs! Missile Defense! by CausticWindow · 2003-05-01 01:11 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Exactly how are you planning to use military toys in the software wars?

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OT Perhaps - But, speaking of OSDN by FreeLinux · 2003-05-01 01:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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