[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“eGovernment applications need to cost less, allow for rapid
development, provide a user-friendly experience for constituents
and offer enhanced security. Linux provides everything eGovernment
initiatives need. It also provides a scalable savings opportunity
for the People, which can run into billions of dollars.“In recent surveys, we have discovered government agencies
spending tens of thousands of dollars to have someone build
relatively sparse public web sites. ‘Rhode Island put itself on the
cutting edge of hot-technology uptake last year when it became one
of the first state governments to get beyond traditional government
conservatism and implement open-source technology,’ writes Lisa
Vaas in eWeek. ‘The gamble is paying off: The bill for the state’s
rules and regulations database came in at $40,000–only $6,000 of
which was hardware costs and took one consultant four months
working only two days a week to complete.’ But, as Neil Aggarwal of
JAMM Consulting responded, ‘that seems awfully high…’