Collaboration: Best Reason for Government Open Source?
There seems to be a disconnect between what users want for their computing needs, and what vendors think they want. A glaring example of this was made apparent to me at the Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) earlier this week.
Before, and during, the conference, which targeted mid- to upper-level government IT managers, the greatest advantage of open source in government seems to be collaboration. After all, presenters and vendors told the audience, with open source you can collaborate between your in-house developers and developers throughout the world on the projects you need. End-products can be shared too, as software written for one jurisdiction could be easily copied, re-modified, and put to use in other jurisdictions.
These advantages, to me, make a lot of sense. Unfortunately, given my discussions with the attendees, very few government users and developers seem to be adopting open source software for collaborative reasons.
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