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Open Source in California Government
catfoo writes "California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has recently posted the California Performance Review Report, a 2,500 page plan to overhaul state government and save $32 billion over the next five years. Part of the proposal: Open Source alternatives. Imagine that..."
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California has a really serious debt. So he's not the excellent well-intentioned hero that some might think. He's just smart at looking for solutions, and doing his job.
use Open Source in the government because it will help keep everything much more secure and stable than going with expensive closed source anti-solutions
Would you care to qualify that? Anybody can just say that, now can you prove it?
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When Arnold is elected Governor:
Slashbots: "Boo!"
When a committee releases a report (which was probably being written before Arnold was elected) with a suggestion to look into open source software:
Slashbots: "Yay!"
Guerilla fighters in Sudan killing tens of thousands in genocide:
Slashbots: "Boo!"
Guerilla fighters using open source software to do payroll:
Slashbots: "Yay!"
Hmm. What if that face recognition shit was all open source? Slashbots wouldn't know what to think; but that's ok, because the editors would tell them what to think.
I have to say, this surprises me alot from a republican person. After all, by using OSS software, he's making M$ lose quite a bit of money. However, if he does go forward then I suppose it will help lower the CA state deficit. BUT I won't say I like Arnold after this. I'll just dislike him less because he's effectively trying to do something. I do hope he goes forward with that idea, as it would save money for the CA budget AND break ground in the US against OSS software as being "untrustworthy" for government agencies.
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You nailed it on the head. His staff simply want to spook the Microsoft sales team into thiniking Arnold will pull a "Crazy Ivan" with state IS procurement. The Governor has no intention in seriously investigating the opportunities for the CA public sector in Open Source procurement or development. If the 6 day to 3 day lost and found kennel budget debacle is an indicator of the Governor's attention to detail, I would bet he has no idea what "open source" means. Some staffer who reads slashdot probably thought it would be an interesting headline grabber.