Italian Elections: The Province of Agrigento has an open source candidate
Provincial elections will take place in the province of Agrigento over this week end, and apparently Agrigento has its own best open source candidate, Eugenio d’Orsi.
Agrigento by Stefano Liboni
I totally agree with William Hurley, explaining the importance of considering candidates also from this perspective:
Open source is in a position to influence patent reform and help the small businesses that drive our economy. Shouldn’t we consider taking a look at the candidates from this perspective? I thought allowing people to share their opinion on who they see as the best “open source candidate” would be a good way to start a larger discussion.
Assoli, the Italian Association for Free Software, earlier asked Italian Parliament candidates to engage themselves to promote the use of free software, maybe similar initiatives in the future will cover also provincial elections.
Roberto Galoppini, 
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Giovanni Spoto 2:14 am on June 15, 2008 Permalink
This information is misleadingly and is not true because the Arnone’s plan includes a part of open source philosophy, too! You can find the complete plan at the link http://www.peppearnone.net/ultime/programma.html
A part of the plan:
“sposeremo la filosofia alla base dell’open source, favorendo la partecipazione attiva di volontari allo sviluppo di quei processi necessari affinché il ‘sistema provincia’ assicuri delle risposte pronte”.
Best Regards,
Giovanni Spoto
Roberto Galoppini 9:18 am on June 15, 2008 Permalink
Hi Giovanni,
I didn’t know that also Peppe Arnone is in favor of open source, thank you to point it out. Let’s have a look at the two different approaches now.
Eugenio D’Orsi’s press release reports:
According to that Eugenio D’Orsi wants to open up the dialog with associations and companies, in order to collaboratively define a plan to efficientize the IT procurement process. The role of IT firms seems central in his vision.
Peppe Arnone instead is willing to bring in the equations volunteers to help the province to promptly answer citizens’ needs.
Open source for public administrations is about foster open source ecosystems or is about involving volunteers?
Let’s see what is going to happen after the elections..