eWeek: Linux Gets Hawaii’s Records House in Order

“Lester Nakamura tries to pride himself on always keeping an
open mind. But when he went searching for a long-term solution to
the state of Hawaii’s bookkeeping needs, Nakamura said he quickly
concluded that an open-source system was the only choice.

“Up to that time–in 2002–the state’s Department of Commerce
& Consumer Affairs had labored under a financial analysis
program called FAMIS (Family Accounting and Management Information
System)–a rickety COBOL application that could generate only a
fixed set of budgetary reports, which were updated monthly and then
printed out for state officials for review…”

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