Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Open Source Attracts Public Sector

Top Tech News has an article on the advantages of open-source software for the public sector. OpenOffice.org is mentioned as one of the stand-out FOSS solutions:
"In fact, public-sector I.T. managers say free licensing isn't necessarily the most attractive characteristic of the best open-source products today. Many stand out for their stable programming code and array of useful features or, conversely, their stripped-down feature sets that eliminate unnecessary bells and whistles."
http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=38621