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[News] US President Lobbied to Move to Free Software

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FOSS Execs Send Open Letter to Obama

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| Executives representing several open source software companies collaborated 
| on an open letter to President Barack Obama in the hopes of moving open 
| source solutions to the top of the list of ways to implement parts of his 
| national economic stimulus plan. The letter asks Obama to make FOSS a "key 
| component" of all new technology initiatives implemented during his 
| administration.     
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http://ostatic.com/blog/foss-execs-send-open-letter-to-obama

To President Obama: Please Consider Open Source

http://consideropensource.blogspot.com/2009/02/to-president-obama-please-consider-open.html

Open letter to Obama: Uncle Sam should go open source

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/02/software-vendors-encourage-obama-to-adopt-open-source.ars


Recent:

Calls for open source government

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| The secret to a more secure and cost effective government is through open
| source technologies and products.
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| The claim comes from one of Silicon Valley's most respected business leaders
| Scott McNealy, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems.
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| He revealed he has been asked to prepare a paper on the subject for the new
| administration.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7841486.stm
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