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

[Brian O'Keefe]

I think that the City is far down the road with whatever contractor they 
chose.


On 09/27/2018 10:59 AM, Casey Dentinger wrote:
> 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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