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minus-squarePetter1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoYea, I would prefer that, a state founded agency which has the order to set up FOSS workspaces. The tech is already here, all it needs is courage to ditch mega tech coorp. Everything government must be transparent, in my opinion
minus-squarePornacount128@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoYou’ve never worked for the federal government have you? They just don’t have the expertise to setup something like that, at least not at most agencies.
minus-squarePetter1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoThey should request private sector to write offers for produce the software and state in the contract that sources have to be FOSS https://news.itsfoss.com/switzerland-open-source/
Yea, I would prefer that, a state founded agency which has the order to set up FOSS workspaces.
The tech is already here, all it needs is courage to ditch mega tech coorp.
Everything government must be transparent, in my opinion
You’ve never worked for the federal government have you? They just don’t have the expertise to setup something like that, at least not at most agencies.
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They should request private sector to write offers for produce the software and state in the contract that sources have to be FOSS
https://news.itsfoss.com/switzerland-open-source/