Open Source and the Language of Government

Nothing better illustrates the difference between the language government agencies use, and what suppliers hear, than the issue of open source software. It seems that the term "support" has a different meaning for each group.

Comments regarding the „support‟ available for open source applications have been made by a number of senior government CIOs as reported recently in the Australian IT and ZD Net.

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