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<p>I think that the City is far down the road with whatever
contractor they chose.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/27/2018 10:59 AM, Casey Dentinger
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<pre wrap="">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:
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<pre wrap="">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:
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<pre wrap="">Thanks for your attention to this matter.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:38 AM Brian O'Keefe <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>
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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:
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<pre wrap=""> Dear nmglugers,
I came upon this article:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/outside-party-to-review-city-of-santa-fe-systems-update/article_572b94ef-2593-506c-9fb9-962cdff0f85a.html">http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/outside-party-to-review-city-of-santa-fe-systems-update/article_572b94ef-2593-506c-9fb9-962cdff0f85a.html</a>
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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