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U.S. Governments Advised to Use Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the think-anyone-will-listen dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices is reporting that non-profit public policy research group, Committee for Economic Development, has released a 72-page report that takes a look at open standards, open source software, and 'open innovation.' From the article: 'The report concludes that openness should be promoted as a matter of public policy, in order to foster innovation and economic growth in the U.S. and world economies.' The full text [PDF] of the report is also available for download from the CED site."

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  1. 72 Pages??? by alphasubzero949 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Typical government waste. I can find a single web site that will give you 25 reasons that does not require 72 pages of padding.

    But hey, since MS has filled almost everyone's pockets at every level of government, we won't begin to see any mass adoption of OSS, now will we?