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Re: [LUG] Whitehouse.gov released drupal module code..

 

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Gordon Henderson
<gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Makes a nice change, I guess..
>
> /. story here:
>
>  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/04/23/132257
>
> with an intersting comment by Maxwell Cooter @
>
>  http://blogs.techworld.com/the-blue-screen/2010/04/freeing-up-code---tale-of-two-cities/?cmpid=TD1B1&no1x1
>
>  "Open source is treated as something akin to devil-worshipping in some
>  parts of government. So, the idea that a major project in the government
>  backyard would be based on something as basic as Drupal is pretty
>  far-fetched. No, this side of the Atlantic would have involved a
>  closed-tender process; a decision made by closed doors based on
>  proprietary software and we'd be completely in the dark about costs,
>  about delays, and about functionality."
>
> Maybe there's hope for us yet...


Maybe :-), Until then, more devil worship. hehe
Best wishes
roly

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