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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. I wonder about Microsoft's opinion of this? by GecKo213 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I happen to know that Microsoft has a rather large contract with the State Govt. Offices most if not all of my state's Office computers. A few years back I used to work for a Tech company that had a contract to service the computers for the state. They were all running WIN 2K and 98. If one state starts to move to Open Source soon more should follow. Decreasing MSFT's domination in the maket. Nice thing though, both systems should still need to be services on occasion so there's always going to be tech support work. :)

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  2. Re:Open source + no hardware innovation: reusabili by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The average computer uses as much as seventeen swimming pools worth of coal to run on any given day.

    I'd like to see the math behind that point please. Show all your work, and include just how much tonage a swimming pool is. I don't know what the conversion ration of tons of coal to kilowatts is- so include that as well. You might also want to compare it to the hydropower and wind power we enjoy out here on the left coast.

    I do know that the computer I use most of the time can run on it's 900mah battery for up to 2 hours straight without a recharge while playing full motion video.

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  3. Whats up with the flamers? by Sir_Eptishous · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do people post such retarded comments about how bad Linux is and how joe six pack can't use it? Joe six pack can't even use Windows...

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