Hi There,<br><br>I am Csaba, working with Balazs in Hungary, and have run into this question at <a href="http://dowire.org">dowire.org</a>.<br><br>I think, we can add plonegov, but do you have other thing in your mind to share?<br>
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</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Clift</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clift@e-democracy.org" target="_blank">clift@e-democracy.org</a>></span><br>
Date: 2010/1/6<br>Subject: [DW] Query - Are any government-focused open source consortiums still operational?<br>To: newswire <<a href="mailto:newswire@groups.dowire.org" target="_blank">newswire@groups.dowire.org</a>><br>
<br><br>I am noticing an uptick in interest again in promoting open source for use<br>
in government technology. This time more on economic reality grounds than<br>
philosophical.<br>
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Are any government-oriented consortiums operational anywhere in the world?<br>
This could be either government directly, universities working with<br>
government, or technology vendors who serve government.<br>
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Also, is there a short list government technology vendors who use open<br>
source tools actively? And finally is there a government website host that<br>
provides cookie cutter websites built on an open source platform? (The kind<br>
a small town might use for example.)<br>
<br>
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