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:Boy Scouts of America Look to Open-Source Community for Help
Boy Scouts of America Look to Open-Source Community for Help
Jun 10, 2008, 13 :30 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (4770 reads)

(Other stories by Todd R. Weiss)

"Scouts honor--the 98-year-old Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization is adopting open-source software as a path to building better software to support the almost 3 million scouts and 1.1 million adults who make up the group.

"Faced with the need for a streamlined, organized way for its more than 121,000 local scout troops to find and use software for fundraisers, event registration, facilities maintenance and more, the Irving, Texas-based BSA last month launched a Web site to begin its BSA Open Source Initiative..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
As a scout leader for many years now, I& ...   Doubtful   
Bobby
Jun 10, 2008, 14:01:41
 
Great move.  ESR is spot on in his quote ...   Good move, bad quotes   
Alpine
Jun 10, 2008, 15:14:54
 
Did the phrase "BSA Open Source Initiati ...   Funny   
jp
Jun 10, 2008, 19:29:33
 
The BSA appears to have been 'taken  ...   OT: Good Move, bad organization.   
rickst29
Jun 10, 2008, 20:13:02
 
-"I think that their new policy of throw ...   RE:OT: Good Move, bad organization   
Riot
Jun 11, 2008, 02:22:10
 
The BSA will not only through out homose ...   Not just anti-gay   
Ex-camper
Jun 11, 2008, 09:10:56
 
The BSA appears to have been 'taken  ...   BSA Policies   
steggy
Jun 11, 2008, 15:30:22
 
> -"I think that their new policy of thr ...   Re: RE:OT: Good Move, bad organization   
Rufus Polson
Jun 11, 2008, 17:07:41
 
> You can't compare throwing someone ...   Re: RE:OT: Good Move, bad organization   
Tony OBryan
Jun 11, 2008, 17:55:20
 
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