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The Open Source Dilemma for Governments
Sam Hiser writes "Tom Adelstein, open source consultant and Member of the Open Government Interoperability Project ("OGIP") working group, offers another incisive article in which he discusses the costs in the terms of lives and dollars when local governments do not deploy open standards-based software for data sharing. Asks Adelstein, 'Can local governments afford to create redundant applications to meet new Federal standards for first responder alerts, emergency services, law enforcement, broadcasters?' He posits that Open Source collaborative initiatives may provide the only solution for the US if the people want to create a safer environment."
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opensource(sores) software is second rate trash that shouldn't be used by any gov or corp unless they have a death wish...
toying around with it at home is fine but i wouldn't trust it with anything you expect to make money with unless it plays a very trivial/minor role....
I'd rather my government spend my tax dollars on Microsoft software. It's the best of what's out there, and more importantly, the best tool for this particular job.
No, that was the Catholic Church.