[nmglug] any insight/input into the city tech overhaul?

[Casey Dentinger]

I agree that "free" can be a confusing word when it comes to speech vs.
beer but I also think "open source" has been co-opted as a corporate
marketing term to sell more Github private repos and Windows licenses
(that now directly monetize Linux)

I believe the benefits of FLOSS are self-evident in the medium to long
term, but it has no sales team.

Santa Fe could be easy prey for a smooth talking startup or incompetent
contractor, but it is also a progressive place where things like
ranked-choice voting can happen.

On 18-09-24 10:58:49, Aaron Birenboim wrote:
> Interesting thread. Keep us informed.
> 
> However, I'd advocate trying to use the term "open source" or "open
> standards" as opposed to "free"
> whenever possible.
> 
> On 09/24/2018 10:47 AM, Satsangat Khalsa wrote:
> > Thanks for your attention to this matter.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:38 AM Brian O'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com
> > <mailto:okeefe at cybermesa.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I saw my city high level contact yesterday and she said she has
> >     yet to read my email re: this. She promised that she would and
> >     though she can't directly impact the project she may know how to
> >     get into the city machinations. I'll keep all posted.
> >
> >     Brian
> >
> >
> >     On 09/17/2018 07:39 AM, Mark Galassi wrote:
> >>     Dear nmglugers,
> >>
> >>     I came upon this article:
> >>
> >>     http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/outside-party-to-review-city-of-santa-fe-systems-update/article_572b94ef-2593-506c-9fb9-962cdff0f85a.html
> >>
> >>     in which they discuss external review of Santa Fe's IT infrastructure.
> >>
> >>     These overhauls sometimes involve picking some company, reading their
> >>     brochure, and giving them a contract.
> >>
> >>     I have seen a large institution where they replaced the UW IMAP server
> >>     with a Microsoft exchange system, going from 50% of an employee to run
> >>     the institution's email to 3 full-time people to run the Microsoft
> >>     ...  It would also be cool if someone had the
> >>     ear of the city's IT planners and could propose some free software
> >>     adoption, as well as a requirement free software compatibility.
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