On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 11:08 PM, Andrew Plato wrote: > I think any legislation that "directs" or "demands" the state to use > open > source without equally considering commercial, is a bad idea. True, legislation that "requires" a particular sort of software is not good. However, in the specific case of the Oregon proposal, the state would be required to "consider" Open Source, and justify why Open Source isn't used. The reason for this sort of requirement is that often Open Source solutions are never looked at. Brad _______________________________ Brad Siemssen Strongbox Network Services brad@private www.strongboxnetworks.com 503.466.1416 -- This message checked for dangerous content by MailScanner on StrongBox.
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