Real World Government Open Source - Bill Welty and Government OSS Technology - The Diigo Meta page

• 16 Jul 07
  

  Gary Edwards

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     Welty gave a rapid-fire look at the realities of open source in government. "The doors have been blown open in California," he said. "In 2004 when Governor Schwarzenegger signed the California Performance Review a section called State Operations #10 specifically authorized the use of open source."
     
     Operations #10 says: "Departments should take an inventory of software purchases and software renewals in the Fiscal Year 2004-2005 and implement open source alternatives where feasible."

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  Gary Edwards on 2007-07-16
  If there is an Open Source hero in government, it's Bill Welty.  This article pulished in Government Technology covers the GOSCON 2006 conference where Bill spoke to the realities of open source software in government.  Bill will also be speaking at the October 2007 GOSCON Conference in Portland Oregon.  He doesn't pull his punches :)  Even with Microsoft, IBM, Novell, and Sun sitting across the table.
  

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