Toronto Municipal Open Source Revolution, anyone ?

[jim.rootham-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org]

I am very interested in this proposal.

I have almost 30 years of experience in both computers and politics,
in particular, Toronto city politics.  Olivia Chow and Joe Pantalone
know who I am.

There are a few things to say off the bat.

First, IT is politically sensitive right now because of the MFP scandal.

Second, there is no way this happens without a large credible support 
organization.  IBM is the obvious example, Novell and Red Hat are possibles.  
In fact, having multiple qualified bidders on support contracts would greatly 
enhance credibility.

Finding out the current state of the world is a requirement.  

I will ask Olivia about who at the city would be willing and able to tell us 
about what the current thinking is about open source at City Hall.

Jim Rootham


PS

At 7:51 AM -0500 11/13/03, JoeHill wrote:
>I promise no anarcho communist stuff, really I do. LOL!

That should be anarcho-syndicalist, shouldn't it? :)

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