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  1. Gov to be ran on 100% free software

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    43 comments  ·  Obama CTO  ·  Admin →
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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    I wish I could change ran to run, but this site allows no edits.

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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    @frisco, no need to move 100s of 1000s of machines to OSS. [P1] This only applies to new expenditures.

    [P2] OSS is more secure. If you were an engineer you'd understand that you do not have to keep source private to use the app privately.

    [P3] OpenOffice has all the functionality needed by most. Adding what it lacks could be funded with what we spend in 1 yr for commercial licenses.

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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    @sebourne, I don't honestly expect the corporation who makes the current dominant software to make a reasonable offer until the inevitable loss of their market share happens. If you think that open source software is products no one wants, you have been mislead. Novel bought Suse. Sun bought MySQL. Yahoo! bought Zimbra. The RedHat project became a major corp. Google, Yahoo!, etc. run on all OSS.

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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    @frisco, any organization or individual would be welcome to place a bid for offering their software under an acceptable license. This very well could result is current (or special off-shoot) versions of well known commercial office suites and operating systems becoming open source software.

    As a boon school children would no longer have to use outdated software due to licensing/budget issues.

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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    @jdarius, what is the problem statement that the internet solves? Is it not by the same logic a solution in search of a problem? I expect my that proposal, like the internet, would yield benefits that could not be imagined before its fruition.

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  2. Reinstate a modern "fairness doctrine"

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    3 comments  ·  Obama CTO  ·  Admin →
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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    The idea of the government trying to decide what is fair (amicable, impartial) should terrify you. They have a hard enough time with justice (protecting basic rights, upholding and interpreting the law).

  3. Complete the job on metrication that Ronald Reagan defunded

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    111 comments  ·  Obama CTO  ·  Admin →
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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    This entire change over could be funded by placing a 12 month moratorium on the renaming of roads, bridges, airports, etc. after politicians. Case in point, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

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  4. Open Government Data (APIs, XML, RSS)

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    33 comments  ·  Obama CTO  ·  Admin →
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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    If this is of interest to you, also please consider http://obamacto.uservoice.com/pages/general/suggestions/69637

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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    It is important to note that defacto standards like those created then repetitively and intentionally encumbered by MSFT are not Open Standards.

  5. All legislation, precedence and codes publicly avail at no $

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    RichardBronosky commented  · 

    Yes, version control is so important that I think it's worth having its own suggestion!