Thursday, April 19, 2007
Bloggers Call for Open Source Lobbyists & Advocacy
Bloggers Call for Open Source Lobbyists & Advocacy
Via a post by Lora Bentley @ IT Business Edge, April 18, 2007
A Florida legislator’s efforts to insert pro-open source/open standards language into a bill that would create an enterprise information technology office in the state’s executive branch were foiled by lobbyists from Microsoft, according to Linux.com.
Rep. Ed Homan added text to Senate Bill 1974 that advocated the state’s adoption and implementation of systems that support open formats. Shortly after, it appears Microsoft’s men arrived at the Florida Legislature to convince its members that the addition to the bill was not a good idea.
Linux.com has now urged its readers to take up the cause of open source in Florida. So has ZDNet Dana Blankenhorn in a post.
Via a post by Lora Bentley @ IT Business Edge, April 18, 2007
A Florida legislator’s efforts to insert pro-open source/open standards language into a bill that would create an enterprise information technology office in the state’s executive branch were foiled by lobbyists from Microsoft, according to Linux.com.
Rep. Ed Homan added text to Senate Bill 1974 that advocated the state’s adoption and implementation of systems that support open formats. Shortly after, it appears Microsoft’s men arrived at the Florida Legislature to convince its members that the addition to the bill was not a good idea.
Linux.com has now urged its readers to take up the cause of open source in Florida. So has ZDNet Dana Blankenhorn in a post.
Labels: advocacy, microsoft, problems, usa
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