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The ever-progressive State of California has publicly come out in favor of open source as a viable software option for its governemnt. Cnet's Matt Asay points to a policy letter [PDF] issued last week that asserts, the use of Open Source Software (OSS) in California state government [has now been formally established] as an acceptable practice.
That's great news for the mainstream advancement of FOSS, but will it be enough to help the overburdened state out of its $20 billion budget deficit?
The seventh annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) is scheduled to get underway early next month, along with a few co-hosted mini-conferences that address issues surroundingwomen in open source (WIOS) and FOSS health care solutions.
I caught up with one of the event's organizers, Gareth Greenaway, to find get the inside scoop on what's new, what's different, and what they've learned from past events.
