New Hampshire legislation to consider Open Source (adding a cross post to dlslug)

[Bill McGonigle]

On Jan 10, 2006, at 10:25, Jon maddog Hall wrote:

> Considering the bill going forward, perhaps the issue of "open source 
> solutions
> aren't usually considered" is old news.

Yes, I'm aware of the thread topic.  Note the use of past tense in my 
statements - I'm suggesting the RFP process may have some trouble 
getting off the ground initially because companies who focus on open 
solutions have had little motivation to be state-approved vendors in NH 
(it's government - there's paperwork - we don't do it for recreation).

This bill should change all that.  But opponents of the bill may 
suggest, "but we don't have any vendors on our list - why are you 
pushing this"?  Hence, the Catch-22.

As a bill like this could be the first step in following the 
Massachusetts Open model, I would be surprised if there were no 
opponents to this bill.  I'd love to be surprised, of course.

What may ameliorate this situation is that IBM is probably on the list, 
perhaps Novell too.  Novell has a development center here in Lebanon.  
I don't expect IBM would underbid the have-Access-will-travel folks, 
but it's a start.

-Bill

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