[Opensource] NZ Ministry of Justice: Want open source

[Peter Ruwoldt]

Nice Roland.  This is the bit I was looking for

The Ministry has stated its commitment to be an 'employer of choice' for
> skilled technical professionals.
> Adopting OSS in development and deployment is consistent with such a
> commitment. (Put bluntly,
> technical professionals want to keep their skills sharp and current; in
> 2007, working with open source tools
> and contributing to OSS projects are the way that's done.)
>

Govt, IMO, needs to be looking at providing a fertile environment for these
high level IT skills to be developed and valued.  I feel that the govt
sector dependence on proprietary solutions has contributed significantly to
the downturn in IT skills that we are now bemoaning.



On 20/12/2007, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Cross post from the eChalk list.
>
>  http://nzoss.org.nz/system/files/moj_oss_strategy_1.0.pdf
>
> The New Zealand Ministry for Justice believes that open source software is
> a more stable, supportable, and cost-effective choice compared to
> proprietary solutions.
>
> This is a well considered opinion that might interest those that have had
> problems getting their school to adopt open source software. It would be
> good if other government departments had this well informed
>
>
>
>
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> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
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