[California] FW: OCIO Issues Policy on Open Source Software

[Alex Mandel]

Actually I think this is really highlighting what's already been
occurring in agencies and removing a barrier that was making some
hesitant to use FOSS.

Note 1/3 of the agencies use DotNetNuke (at least internally), and
several who have long used Novell products are starting roll out Suse
servers because Novell is moving it's product line to that OS from
Netware. The bigger question is if there will be any adoption of
OpenSource on the desktop.

Personally I was dumbfounded that GIMP, Inkscape etc weren't common in
State agencies where justifying Adobe products for daily work is quite a
stretch but people still need basic photo and graphics editing.

Alex

Landon Blake wrote:
> Bob,
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> I think this is great news. Now we just have to see if it gets put into
> practice. I'm sure there are a lot of proprietary software vendors that
> will be doing whatever they can to keep open source alternatives out of
> state government.
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> Landon
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> So, what are your thoughts on this bit of news? :-)
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> Subject: OCIO Issues Policy on Open Source Software
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> State Technology Update - January 7, 2010
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> OCIO Issues Policy on Open Source Software
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> The Office of the State Chief Information Officer  (OCIO), in its first
> Information Technology Policy Letter (ITPL 10-01) for 2010, formally
> establishes the use of Open Source Software (OSS) in California
> government as an acceptable practice.   The new policy, which defines
> OSS and clarifies its use by departments and agencies, can be found at 
> http://www.cio.ca.gov/Government/IT_Policy/ITPL.html.
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> When the OCIO was established in January 2008, it was the intent of the
> Legislature and Governor to create an agency, to among other things,
> establish policies and standards to ensure that state information
> technology (IT) systems run effectively. Through changes to the State
> Administrative Manual (SAM) and the Statewide Information Management
> Manual (SIMM), the OCIO creates statewide policy for the Executive
> Branch to ensure coordination as the agency works to oversee IT
> activities with a common direction and vision.
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> Contact:  Bill Maile (916) 549-2845
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