"The use of open-source software is alive and well and growing among government agencies, including the U.S. Census Bureau.
"In an address at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (Oscon) here on Thursday titled 'Open Source in Government,' Lisa Wolfisch Nyman, a senior Internet technology architect at the Bureau, said the issue of open source and government was first raised at Oscon in 1999, where many public sector employees said they were forbidden from using open source.
"But things have changed substantially over the past four years, she said. 'In June this year, Bruce Mehlman, the assistant secretary for technical policy at the Department of Commerce, said that the 'Penguin has landed', which is quite a shift in just four years,' she said..."
