Obama Administration Supports Recycling Code and Open Source

jones_supa writes: The Obama administration is seeking public comments on its open source policy. They have released for public comment a draft Federal Source Code policy to support improved access to custom software code. From the policy document: "This policy requires that, among other things: (1) new custom code whose development is paid for by the Federal Government be made available for reuse across Federal agencies; and (2) a portion of that new custom code be released to the public as Open Source Software (OSS)." Tony Scott, Federal CIO of the US government, mentioned one of the strengths of open source – cost saving. Scott wrote on the White House blog that the U.S. government "can save taxpayer dollars by avoiding duplicative custom software purchases and promote innovation and collaboration across Federal agencies."

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im sure the dinner tables a mess at the whitehouse

[nimbius]

Sasha: Im all done with my loop, can I return to main()?
Barack: Now, sasha, what did i say about recycling code? check with Malia and see if you can use data from her constructor instead?
Malia: My constructor doesnt handle 32 bit integers, only 64. Sasha wont redo her booleans.
Michelle Barack: And for god sake use a pointer. we're not made of address space you know...
Sasha: Im dereferencing on line 14 dad! god! Malias stupid library doesnt support returning a linked list i think...
Barack: now --let me be clear here-- this, and i mean this code, isnt going to compile in Borland young ladies...
daughters: OMG DAD this compiles FINE in GCC!
Michelle: have you kids been hanging around uncle Richard and his GNU friends again...