Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:55:13 -0500 From: Clay Shirky <clay@shirky.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Open Source petition Message-ID: <366C32A1.C70CE5CB@shirky.com>
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A petition has recently been launched asking the General Services Administration of the US Government to evaluate Open Source software (OSS) alongside commercial software whenever it buys or upgrades computers. The goal of the petition, written by Prof. Clay Shirky and sponsored by the Open Source Iniative and O'Reilly and Associates, and hosted on www.e-thepeople.com, is to point out that OSS has reached a level of quality, reliability and support that makes it competitive with existing commercial products. The ultimate hope is to get vendors of Open Source software included in contract bids for Federal Government work. If you are interested in this petition, there are three things you can do: * Sign it: http://www.ethepeople.com/etp/affiliates/national/fullview.cfm?ETPID=0&PETID=74386&ETPDIR=affiliates/national * Post the press release URL on sites or in other forums whose members might be interested in such a thing: http://www.shirky.com/opensource/petition.html * Pass this message on. Many thanks, -Clay -=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Open Source Iniative: http://www.opensource.org/ O'Reilly and Associates: http://www.oreilly.com/ Prof. Clay Shirky: http://www.shirky.com/opensource/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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