:Linux Journal: Beyond Horse Races and Boxing Matches
Linux Journal: Beyond Horse Races and Boxing Matches May 7, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (5311 reads) (Other stories by Doc Searls)
"Democracy basically is about two things, elections and governance. One is seasonal, the other continuous. And nothing sucks up more attention in a democracy than our quadrennial presidential election seasons here in the US. The playoff nature of presidential primaries turns politics into a sports event, with metaphors adjusted to the populations involved.
"But something else was happening while we all watched the sports pages: open source was making headway in government. That's what I learned from Tom Adelstein, the veteran Texas activist who has written extensively on open source in government for Linux Journal..."
