iCities (XI). Round Table: Free Software in the Administration via ICTlogy
iCities is a Conference about Blogs, e-Government and Digital Participation.Here come my notes for session XI.
Round Table: Chairs: Jacinto Lajas
Jose María Olmo
Free Software penetration in the Administration still low. This also means (cause or consequence?) that bidding processes don’t usually include free software in their requirements, either as a condition or as a possibility.
Consequences of this situation:
Lack of cooperation and collaboration between administrations
Interoperability made more difficult
There is a lack of communities of free software for the Administration in which developers and users can meet and exchange impressions and design common strategies
Francisco Huertas
Free Software as a strategy to develop the Information Society.
Free Software avoids:
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