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Open-source software for Government
SFGate.com
reports on efforts by Bruce Perens to establish open standards for
software that is used by government offices.
"One thing most technology experts can agree on is that California's state government has squandered billions on ill-conceived information-technology (IT) projects in recent years. Whether it was the more than $100 million in taxpayer funds that state authorities admit were wasted on the state's automated child-support system or the more recent purchase of thousands of unneeded software licenses from Oracle, the sorry record is painfully clear. California desperately needs a more workable IT plan.
Fortunately, in the spirit of the open-source software movement, free-software evangelist Bruce Perens has just offered one up."
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Open-source softwar for Government Posted Aug 29, 2002 22:22 UTC (Thu) by KeineHeimat (guest, #2154) [Link] ACK.Not only in California, not only by governments. "Money for nothing, and I trick for..." - not for freaks in this case. I've heard 'bout Oracle DBs just storing a simple configuration - what is not the fault of Oracle, of course. The people do not know what they need and for what they're paying for. IMHO. But that's where the money of hard working people is burned.
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