Comments on: Got ICT? The Digital Revolution as Productivity Fortifier http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 01:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim Lee http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/comment-page-1/#comment-40055 Tim Lee Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:27:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/#comment-40055 <p><i>we want preferences for certain features</i></p> <p>Why isn't "based on open standards" an appropriate feature for governments to look for? Open standards have clear advantages above and beyond any cost savings.</p> we want preferences for certain features

Why isn’t “based on open standards” an appropriate feature for governments to look for? Open standards have clear advantages above and beyond any cost savings.

]]> By: Tim Lee http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/comment-page-1/#comment-54466 Tim Lee Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:27:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/#comment-54466 <p><i>we want preferences for certain features</i><br><br>Why isn't "based on open standards" an appropriate feature for governments to look for? Open standards have clear advantages above and beyond any cost savings.</p> we want preferences for certain features

Why isn’t “based on open standards” an appropriate feature for governments to look for? Open standards have clear advantages above and beyond any cost savings.

]]> By: Braden http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/comment-page-1/#comment-40054 Braden Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:58:51 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/#comment-40054 <p>It's fine that the federal and state governments will bargain to reduce taxpayer costs, but there's no evidence that life-cycle costs for open source software, or software based on open standards, will be cheaper than their proprietary equivalents. It all comes down to this: we don't want preferences for any business model, we want preferences for certain features, for which the marketplace will compete to provide.</p> It’s fine that the federal and state governments will bargain to reduce taxpayer costs, but there’s no evidence that life-cycle costs for open source software, or software based on open standards, will be cheaper than their proprietary equivalents. It all comes down to this: we don’t want preferences for any business model, we want preferences for certain features, for which the marketplace will compete to provide.

]]> By: bradencox http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/comment-page-1/#comment-54465 bradencox Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:58:51 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/#comment-54465 <p>It's fine that the federal and state governments will bargain to reduce taxpayer costs, but there's no evidence that life-cycle costs for open source software, or software based on open standards, will be cheaper than their proprietary equivalents. It all comes down to this: we don't want preferences for any business model, we want preferences for certain features, for which the marketplace will compete to provide.</p> It’s fine that the federal and state governments will bargain to reduce taxpayer costs, but there’s no evidence that life-cycle costs for open source software, or software based on open standards, will be cheaper than their proprietary equivalents. It all comes down to this: we don’t want preferences for any business model, we want preferences for certain features, for which the marketplace will compete to provide.

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/comment-page-1/#comment-40053 Don Marti Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:39:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/#comment-40053 <p>Preferences?</p> <p>Lobbying governments to accept EULAs instead of insisting on broader rights to the software they use is like lobbying them to accept Rent-A-Center contracts in place of the competitive bidding process. Why should governments, as large software buyers, not use their negotiating power to cut their taxpayers' software costs in the long term?</p> Preferences?

Lobbying governments to accept EULAs instead of insisting on broader rights to the software they use is like lobbying them to accept Rent-A-Center contracts in place of the competitive bidding process. Why should governments, as large software buyers, not use their negotiating power to cut their taxpayers’ software costs in the long term?

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/comment-page-1/#comment-54464 Don Marti Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:39:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/11/30/got-ict-the-digital-revolution-as-productivity-fortifier/#comment-54464 <p>Preferences?<br><br></p> <p>Lobbying governments to accept EULAs instead of insisting on broader rights to the software they use is like lobbying them to accept Rent-A-Center contracts in place of the competitive bidding process. Why should governments, as large software buyers, not use their negotiating power to cut their taxpayers' software costs in the long term?</p> Preferences?

Lobbying governments to accept EULAs instead of insisting on broader rights to the software they use is like lobbying them to accept Rent-A-Center contracts in place of the competitive bidding process. Why should governments, as large software buyers, not use their negotiating power to cut their taxpayers’ software costs in the long term?

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