Open Source letter to Obama

Posted by Glen Newton on
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Open-Source-letter-to-Obama-tp1547.html

http://consideropensource.blogspot.com/

"We also believe in the critical role of open-source software to create
 the applications and infrastructure necessary to support electronic
 medical records and other government-funded technology
 projects. Open-source software has already resulted in dramatic cost
 reductions in many technology areas, including: ...
 .
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 Open-source software brings transparency to software
 development. There are no "black boxes" in open-source software
 and therefore no need to guess what is going on ´behind the scenes.¡
 Ultimately, this means a better product for everyone, because there
 is visibility at every level of the application, from the user
 interface to the data implementation. Furthermore, open-source
 software provides for platform independence, which makes quick
 deployments that benefit our citizens much easier and realistic."

-glen


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