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Oregon Government Supporting Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lets-get-em-all-on-the-wagon dept.

amountlad writes "In a pair of articles released today on N4N.org, Oregon continues to lead the way in government open source adoption in the USA. The Oregon State University's Open Source Lab will host a Government Open Source Conference in October. The GOSCON has strong support from within the state government. The State's Department of Administrative Services released a white paper detailing their use of Asterisk for audio conferencing for more than 500 conferences a week. The set-up includes a web-based interface for judges to manage recording the hearings. In doing so the State joins Metro, a Portland area regional government which uses Asterisk along side its Beowulf Cluster."

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  1. Woo Hoo! by Le+Marteau · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oregon! Yeah!

    Next up: Iowa! Yes!

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  2. Re:Open source + no hardware innovation: reusabili by hobbesx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seeing as how Oregon is so close to the hydroelectic power nearby, perhaps the grandparent post is confusing oil with water? :)

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  3. Re:Open source + no hardware innovation: reusabili by hobbesx · · Score: 2, Funny
    Dammit! That is, ah, coal with water.


    Their system of measurment suggests so too...

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  4. Re:Open source + no hardware innovation: reusabili by DotWarner · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not that I agree with Mister Seventeen Swimming Pools of Coal, but, er...does your hair dryer or toaster boast 60+ days of uptime?