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The co-founder of Sun Microsystems and one of the most respected business leaders in Silicon Valley, Scott McNealy, claims that an open source government will save money and be more secure. McNealy stated that “Open source does not require you to pay a penny to Microsoft or IBM or Oracle or any proprietary vendor any money.”

Speaking to the BBC, McNealy said that he doesn’t want to see government getting “locked in” to a specific vendor or company. By choosing open source, government can “get higher quality software, lower costs” and “higher reliability.” The fact that much open source software is made available publicly, is licensed royalty free for unrestricted use, along with an open code source for all to see, makes the freely available technologies and products a good choice for lowering costs and improving security. By keeping it open, anyone can help it to improve and adapt, while fixing security problems.

Sun chief prescribes open source for US government | heise online

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