Representative Seth Cohn

Jonathan Linowes jonathan at linowes.com
Thu Nov 4 10:56:34 EDT 2010


In general someone should check how many State tech contracts are with NH-based tech companies versus out of State, or even outside the US ones.


On Nov 4, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:

> Seth Cohn <sethcohn at gnuhampshire.org> writes:
>> 
>> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The first time I met Seth was in early 2006 at a House Committee
>>> Hearing.  They were considering a bill to encourage the State IT
>>> organization to consider Open Source software before buying commercial
>>> solutions and a small contingent of GNHLUG'ers showed up to offer their
>>> support.
> [...]
>> With the budget hole as large as it is, things like open source (ie
>> 'free' software) might find the needed support, with the promise of
>> saving both now and longer term.
> 
> Since FOSS solutions are also more supportable by local engineers
> (both in terms of `tech support', and actual software maintenance),
> I wonder if people might also appreciate the quicker turn-around
> for issue-resolution, as well as the the `creating local jobs
> for engineers in NH' angle, these days.
> 
> -- 
> "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."
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