Partner Sites

JustLinux.com
Linux Planet
PHPBuilder
Technology Jobs

Top White Papers

Backup for Virtual Environments

The penetration of virtual servers is approaching 50 percent in IT infrastructures, yet administrators are only backing up, on average, 68 percent of their...

Download
Active Directory Forest Recovery: What You Don't Know WILL Hurt You

Quest Software, now a part of Dell Active Directory (AD) disasters, such as a complete forest failure, can be absolutely devastating to your company's...

Download

Current Newswire:

More on LinuxToday

Applications Management Engineer Sr (NYC)
Next Step Systems
US-NY-New York

Post A Job | Post A Resume

SDTimes: OMB: Free Software Isn't Cheap

Aug 16, 2004, 18:15 (14 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Jennifer DeJong)

"Free software may be too costly for taxpayers.

"That sums up a key position held by the U.S. government's Office of Management and Budget in a memo it sent last month to senior procurement executives who acquire software for the government agencies they work for..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

NewsForge: Open Source Winning in Federal Government, Slowly(Jul 29, 2004)
NewsForge: Government Watchdog Group Warns of Open Source Expense(Jul 20, 2004)
Government Computer News: Microsoft Applauds Open-Source Procurement Memo(Jul 17, 2004)

0 Talkback[s] (click to add your comment)

Top White Papers

Subscribe to Our Daily Newsletter

Current Newswire:

More on LinuxToday

SDTimes: OMB: Free Software Isn't Cheap