I'm writing an opinion piece for the Concord Monitor -- care to weigh in?

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

Seth Cohn <sethcohn at gnuhampshire.org> writes:
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Susan Cragin <susancragin at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I'm writing an opinion piece for the Concord Monitor.
> >
> > Title:  All NH taxpayer-supported computers and systems should run
> > open-source software.
> >
> > I need examples of municipalities, states, and so on, that have switched to open-source successfully, and what they use.
[...]
> > The Concord Monitor has in the past given my articles good
> > exposure, the state is desperate to cut costs, and this could be a
> > good thing for open-source.

> Of interest...
> 
> "When using open source makes you an enemy of the state"
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/feb/23/opensource-intellectual-property


Piffle.

>From that article:

    "I know open source has a tendency to be linked to socialist
    ideals, but I also think it's an example of the free market in
    action."

The US Department of Defense appears to agree with the author, cf.:

    http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2009/10/27/#dod-oss-2009


Also see David Wheeler's essay, `FLOSS *is* commercial software':

    http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/commercial-floss.html


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