[Yhslug] the japanese gov't looking to go open source

[Matthew Gallagher]

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On 5/12/07, Matthew Gallagher <mattva01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The United States Federal government as a whole won't go open source until
> Microsoft(or at least its lobbyists) is gone.
> However NASA is a big fan of Linux,and the  NSA did release that SELinux
> code.
>
> So who knows.I can definitely see state governments going the open-source
> route in the next several years.
>
> On 5/12/07, Phil Shapiro < pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > hi yhslug community,
> >
> >    and here's a new article about the japanese government moving to open
> > source.
> >
> > -------------
> >
> > The Japanese government wants to go open source, as a way to rely less
> > on a
> > single vendor IT software infrastructure. And plenty of vendors are
> > lining up to
> > help make this happen.
> >
> > Full article at
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/22ygrc
> >
> >
> >       i wonder how many years it'll take  for the united states
> > government to
> > follow the japanese.  5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
> >
> >               - phil
> >
> >
> > --
> > Phil Shapiro  pshapiro at his.com
> > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro
> > http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com
> > http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
> >
> > "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates
> > "Learning happens through gentleness."
> >
> >
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> -Matthew Gallagher




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