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Story: Open source is 'below the radar' of local government

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Posted by: Matt Webber (Friday 8 October 2004, 3:56 PM)

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So..."TCO is less important in governments than in the private sector"

but..."Competition helps on price and innovation -- we can wave the Linux operating system at Microsoft and it brings prices down,"

I think someone needs to go Bax to basics

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