Providers of open source software recently found another market: the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. That market easily will grow to many thousands of potential open source users when the staffs of each representative, as well as the staffs of various House committees, are added to the total. Three advocacy organizations last month jointly announced that certain procurement restrictions that had constrained the use of open source technology in the House had been clarified.
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US House Opens Up to Open Source
Posted by: John K. Higgins July 31, 2015 12:07 PMProviders of open source software recently found another market: the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. That market easily will grow to many thousands of potential open source users when the staffs of each representative, as well as the staffs of various House committees, are added to the total. Three advocacy organizations last month jointly announced that certain procurement restrictions that had constrained the use of open source technology in the House had been clarified.