Massachusetts Open Source Vs. Proprietary Battle Brews (TechWeb)

[Posted January 8, 2004 by cook]

TechWeb looks into efforts by Massachusetts Senator Marc Pacheco to derail his state's Open Source/Open Standards Policy. "Pacheco, a Democrat, said the new policy is "perceived to be an exclusionary policy that excludes proprietary software." He is chairman of the Post Audit and Oversight Committee and said he has received "lots of calls" from software companies whose business revolves around proprietary software, many of whom are concerned that they will be locked out of Massachusetts' $80 million IT budget."

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