GOSCON 07: An Open Balance

“Here at the Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON), Jim
Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, gave the
opening keynote to a crowd of 200 at–literally–the crack of
dawn.

“Despite the early hour, his talk was well-received by
attendees, which–after the standard ‘who the heck is the Linux
Foundation?’ intro–delved into the use of open source in
government.

“Interestingly, Zemlin told the government IT audience that in
the course of adopting new technologies, the fact that any given
application is open source should not be the main determining
factor…”

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