Open Source Government: good-will needed

Every Government is supposed to function for the benefit of its citizens, delivering services that help economic growth and enable social activities. Since IT is just a cost center, and considering the possible multiplying effects, many see Open Source as the natural choice.

Good willGood will by mricon

Looking at the North-American experiences, or European ones, I am wondering what did they miss, and how possibly the new ones could eventually be really successful.

Matt calls for leadership, I think that first we need politicians with good-will, willing to put their intellectual potential to work for the overall desires of the general public.

What do you think?

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5 Response to “Open Source Government: good-will needed”


  1. 1 Roberto Galoppini

    David A. Wheeler forwarded me the following links:

    Here’s a new article, “Open Source Software (OSS) in U.S. Government Acquisitions

    It’s a very-lightly-revised version of the essay published in Software Tech News, Vol. 10, No. 2, and there are many other interesting articles here in Software Tech News.

    — David A. Wheeler

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  3. 3 ][ stefano maffulli » Free Software acquisition by governments
  4. 4 Increasing Government Interest in Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) |

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