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Washington Technology: Open Source Riles Software Makers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 28, 2003

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“A decision by the state of Massachusetts to shift to
open-computing standards and consider open-source software as part
of that strategy has many software companies concerned about their
future business with the state.

“While open standards are on their way to becoming part of a
mainstream government technology, the mere mention that a state
would use open-source software has the industry in an
uproar…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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