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Open-source battle is heating up

Posted by TimSlavin at January 5, 2004

"The future of the computer software industry was being fought out last week in the Massachusetts Senate. It was just a skirmish, but dozens more just like it are happening in legislatures around the world. And the outcome will go a long way toward determining the shape of the industry in years to come. Our state's role in the drama began in September, when a remarkable memo leaked from the office of Eric Kriss, Massachusetts secretary of finance and administration. The memo said, or seemed to say, that the entire state would abandon the use of traditional computer software and replace them with "open-source" programs." While the topic (state and national governments ditch high priced closed source software) is not new, this article does a great job explaining the ramifications and politics of switching to open source. From the Boston Globe.

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