> That's not even entering into the issues with ministries which are (illegally) keeping certain software closed source, or have signed recent contracts which m

> That's not even entering into the issues with ministries which are (illegally) keeping certain software closed source, or have signed recent contracts which make open sourcing impossible. That part infuriates me. They have built a huge skill pool over the last few years, with teams that have proved they were capable of handling major nation-scale projects with state-of-the-art development practices, and they're still handing entire projects to private contractors with lousy reputations who produce proprietary code. If there's one thing the administration sucks at, it's using the assets it already has.