Comments on: Open Source in Government http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/open_source_in_government/ Nerds are for Dorks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Geof Harries http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/06/open_source_in_government/comment-page-1/#comment-17210 Geof Harries Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:02:28 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1836#comment-17210 Even though I'm not a supporter myself, the Green Party of Canada promotes open source in its agenda: <blockquote>Require federal departments and agencies to transition to open source or free software for general applications, and provide free tech support to Canadian companies who also use this software.</blockquote> The page describing their stance is <a href="http://www.greenparty.ca/index.php?module=article&view=38" rel="nofollow">http://www.greenparty.ca/index.php?module=article&view=38</a> Pretty cool considering how much we always consider Canadian government to be backwards-thinking and grey and stodgy :) geof Even though I’m not a supporter myself, the Green Party of Canada promotes open source in its agenda:

Require federal departments and agencies to transition to open source or free software for general applications, and provide free tech support to Canadian companies who also use this software.

The page describing their stance is http://www.greenparty.ca/index.php?module=article&view=38

Pretty cool considering how much we always consider Canadian government to be backwards-thinking and grey and stodgy :)

geof

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