Shaun, Open Source is great but how about support? There are legions of MS trained support people but how about Linux/UNIX trained folks? Which brings about another question of Open Source - Uniformity. What do you think the repercussions are of the kind of mods that you can make in an open source environment? Most everything can be modified - and will be. It tends to require a different perspective than out of the box solutions. I wonder what IT support is like in that environment? In addition, how will software developers react to Open Source and Open Standards? Will service contracts work as a business model for SW developers? It is sort-of a throwback to the old IBM model of sell the HW for under cost and then make em pay for the maintenance. On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 03:25 PM, Shaun Savage wrote: > T. Kenji Sugahara wrote: >> What's needed is buy-in from the Governor on down. (e.g. a >> fundamental shift in thinking). >> Each agency head needs to understand the costs and benefits of >> security. They need to be advised of the cost of computer >> insecurity. > > Open of the problems in goverment is that they are not open to new > ideas, even if the ideas better server the people of the state. The > concept of open source is totally unheard of in goverment. As such > they, the big cheeses, don't want to get near it. To me open source > is the best concept for goverment. Pay for software once, > development, then the people could use it forever. If a program is > put into the public domain then that adds to the commen welfare of > everyone. > > I have read that the goverment should support business. The question > here is are the people more important or companies. people vote but > companies donate(bribe) more money. > > I would donate my patented database GUI system to the projects the > state would create for it self using open source licenese. This would > reduce maintaince and development cost, increase security, while > improving the common good for the average person in the state. > > Shaun Savage > > > > >
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