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States Stand Aside as Open Source Bandwagon Rolls By

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Many computer users know that if you want to save money, go open source. Open source software is programming that is freely available on the Internet and whose programming language -- literally the software's DNA -- is available to all users. There are open source software equivalents of nearly every professional software product on the market, most sporting the same features as their for-profit counterparts.

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jdixon ·
As a tax paying West Virginian, allow me to opine that our "chief technology officer" is a bleeping idiot. Which I can't say surprises me any. It's par for the course for the public servants in the state.

It's enough to make me glad I voted for the Mountain Party candidate in the governor's race.

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