And then there's this: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/04/nsas_linux.html
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Danese Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, NASA has a couple of viable open source projects. Also the Dept of > the Navy in the US was a very early employer of Linux Kernel engineers and > the NSF worked on a "reliable" version of Linux that proved it could be > done. > > Danese > > > > On Apr 9, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > > > > If I understood Ashok's question right, he is looking for Governments > > that have contributed back to Open Source, not just borrowed from it. > > There may be a few examples, however I don't know of any significant > > effort in this direction. Perhaps it's because Governments in general > > are used to taking rather than giving. There really isn't a culture of > > feeling accountable for what's been taken, whether it's my taxes or > > Open Source software. > > > > I'd be interested in knowing why you are on this quest. > > > > Cheeni > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > At a state level, ELCOT has done something of this sort in Tamil Nadu > > > > > > SuSE laptops distributed to bureaucrats (who probably all went and > loaded > > > pirated doze on top of it..) > > > > > > srs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > > > Of ashok _ > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:41 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [silk] open source in government > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am looking for examples where governments have developed their > > > > internal systems in an open source model. > > > > > > > > I can find plenty of examples where linux was deployed, and open > > > > source components were used (mysql, apache etc...), > > > > but few examples for whole systems which were open-sourced (for e.g. a > > > > human resource system developed for a government > > > > in an open source model...or an exam reporting system used by a > > > > government... ) > > > > This site for example, for the indian government, http://www.cdac.in > > > > does not have any open source applications at all ... > > > > > > > > any better suggestions, examples ? > > > > > > > > ashok > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheeni > > > > Q: Why is this email 5 sentences or fewer? > > A: http://five.sentenc.es/ > > > > > > > -- Please read our new blog at: http://blog.prathambooks.org/ Join our Facebook Page too: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pratham-Books/9307274926
