:ElectricNews: Review of Government OSS Position Urged
ElectricNews: Review of Government OSS Position Urged May 7, 2004, 21 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5121 reads) (Other stories by Matthew Clark)
"Cautionary comments from the Irish government regarding the use of Open Source software (OSS) are not in line with policy elsewhere in Europe, a group has said.
"At the Irish Software Association's annual conference in Dublin last week, Information Society Minister Mary Hanafin indicated that since OSS is 'open to amendment and reconfiguration,' the long-term cost of using it in Irish e-government projects may be too great..."