[ubuntu-us-ut] what does it take to hook government on open source?

[Joel Finlinson]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Clay Moultrie <clay.osi at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hey guys!
>
>     So I've been thinking, what would it really take to get government,
> local or state to embrace open source? Obviously the benefits are huge for
> government to embrace open source (The US Navy<http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9893173-16.html>and
> EU <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285468,00.htm> are
> realizing this). Does anyone have any connections to the Utah Capitol to
> have a Senator or Representative sponsor a bill to adopt the technology? (if
> i understand correctly if a rep. or senator would sponsor then they could
> have research teams do research on the amount of money saved. research that
> is sure to prove our point). I know this is a huge goal, but its gotta start
> somewhere. If anyone has any thoughts on this let me know or reply back to
> me with your email and we can start a smaller group discussion on this.
> Thanks!
>
> Clay Moultrie
>


     This link shows something that you might be interested in:
http://dts.utah.gov/techresearch/techreports/index.html

   JOEL
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