[oclug] Politics and Linux / Open Source

[Andrew Clunis]

On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 13:25, Bruce Harding wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:16:26 -0400
> Mike Kenzie <kenziem at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> > My experience here is that there is a lot of overlap, government 
> > departments don't share their code, they don't even share code within 
> > departments.  
> > 
> > Opening up the code with in government departments would be a big help.  
> 
> Excellent idea.  One big CVS for all gov. code.
Phuh!

It's all about subversion. ;)

Hm. I expect this would have an interesting effect at Revenue Canada and
the NETFILE system.  We might actually have a better chance at writing
Canadian FOSS tax software...

Regards,
Andrew