Response to the Federal govt RFI

[Scott Elcomb]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> As many of you know the Canadian government has produced a formal
> Request for Information (RFI) regarding "no cost software" (which
> lumps together FOSS as well as free-to-download proprietary).
>
> I haven't had the time to create a complete doc on behalf of
> TLUG or CLUE, but  I'm at least planning to put in a submission
> on my own behalf.
>
> I've attached a draft of what I've done so far. There are three
> questions of the 10 -- #4, #8 and #10 -- that I either don't fully
> understand or don't have an answer for. Any assistance or suggestions
> will be welcomed, and I'll be happy to credit on the document the
> name of anyone who helps.

A nice, balanced, writeup.  Thanks for sharing - it's certainly more
thorough and written much more clearly than what I'd come up with.  I
haven't read through your response completely but what I have read, I
liked.

Would it be worth suggesting some form of online tool (eg. wiki,
message boards, mailing list) for ongoing Q&A discussions post-RFI?
Perhaps such a tool could provide a forum where Canadian FOSS
communities (the citizenship), business leaders (private sector) and
PWGSC (public sector) to facilitate a more complete understanding of
Open Source and the pros and cons of it's usage (and mindset) within
Government.

10 Questions are a great start but I can't help but figure they'll
have more questions later.  I'm not sure this would even need to be a
"formal" tool - just a comfortable place to discuss FOSS-related
material with concerned Canadian interests. Minus undue pressure from
the almighty dollar of course.  :-)

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