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

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Wed Feb 24 16:37:29 EST 2010


We need to check to see if the People's Republik of Cambridge is on the
list.

On 02/24/2010 04:12 PM, Susan Cragin wrote:
> http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3911/125/
> Apparently, Canada is an enemy, too. 
> When they put Massachusetts on the list, I'm hiding. 
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>   
>> From: Seth Cohn <sethcohn at gnuhampshire.org>
>> 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
>>
>> 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.
>>> Did you use Drupal to put your town's planning-and-zoning information out? Does your library run Koha? Do your municipal workers use Firefox / OpenOffice / Thunderbird?
>>> What about schools that you are connected with? Do they run open-source software?
>>> Please feel free to cross-post this.
>>> 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.
>>> Susan Cragin
>


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