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/
