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June 23, 2005
Open Source in the Public Sector? Do the paperwork!
Back from attending LinuxTag and it was interesting to see how the German public sector is (slowly) turning to Open Source. Currently the main problem seems to be that companies offering Open Source based solutions or services find it hard to do the paperwork properly. There are strict rules governing the procurement process and if you don't supply the correct paperwork - then your bid will be thrown out without evaluation.
One of the panel speakers citied various examples of Open Source based bids that were better - technically - but didn't meet the binding criteria when it came to supplied documents on the company and/or employee skills.
Posted by Matthew at June 23, 2005 01:50 PM