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Interesting read. I think commercial open source where you are actually trying to monetize some sort of open source software is very different than governmental
by claudiulodro 9y ago
Interesting read. I think commercial open source where you are actually trying to monetize some sort of open source software is very different than governmental open source. There is some overlap (it's important to be transparent, blog and build community), but the "business" model is completely different.
That being said, I really like the trend of governments moving towards open source. If the taxpayers are paying for software development they should be able to see the source and use the software. I wonder if we'll ever see a popular open source framework maintained by a government. That would be interesting!
- yters 9y agoA lot of government funding goes towards Microsoft products. I think Microsoft should open source their products.
- robin_reala 9y agoCertainly at GDS I can’t think of a single Microsoft product that was in use beyond some VMs for testing browsers and assistive technology.
- yters 9y agoI was in the AF, and everyone uses Windows and MS office. So much so that DoD requirements influenced some of the features of MS products.