Linux In Federal government

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Norm">

> In my opinion now would be a good time to start lobbying the federal
> government to use Linux to cut costs.

There is already a long-term effort happening. Note that "cutting costs" is
NOT a good short-term or first-position argument for using Open Source (and
in particular, Open Source desktop software). It is more important to show
value than argue on cost.

- Jeff

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