[ 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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