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Who are they going to ask?

Who are they going to ask?

Posted Oct 1, 2003 2:40 UTC (Wed) by proski (subscriber, #104)
In reply to: Who are they going to ask? by a_hippie
Parent article: Proprietary software--banned in Boston? (News.com)

The best solution for the government would be to buy a package with support and let the contractor decide. The government is elected to make political decisions, and choosing between GNU/Linux and FreeBSD for the government webserver is not a political decision. Whoever can do it better and within allocated budget should be free to determine the details.


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