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A glimmer of hope from whitehouse.gov

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Free Software Magazine; By Terry Hancock 		Mail this story
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Politicians in general are not terribly tech-savvy, let alone conscious of the most important intellectual freedom issues, but President Barack Obama does have a reputation of being more aware than most of the new media and new possibilities of the internet. The new US presidential website shows some promise that indeed, we now have a US president who isn’t afraid of the future. Is Obama up for free software? Read Terry Hancock's article at Freesoftware Magazine and find out.

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Comments (7)

tracyanne ·
The web Server is Microsoft IIS
herzeleid ·
yeah, I noticed that too... ugh.
bigg ·
What is discussed in the article means nothing - Obama makes his own decisions, and it's a waste of time to speculate. It doesn't hurt to have Eric Schmidt as an advisor but he makes his own decisions and I doubt free software is a priority. He did push to free the primary debates, but that was simply a matter of election strategy, something that would obviously help him against a much better known opponent.

azerthoth ·
Quoting:It's enough to make you long for the openness and transparency of the Bush administration.


now thats giggle worthy
gus3 ·
Let's hope Obama gets better tech advice from Mr. Schmidt than he got during the campaign. Whoever was the webmaster behind my.barackobama.com left the directory listings wide open, showing a list of every account's username. It exposed the mentality of a rank amateur with absolutely zero experience in info sec.

For reference:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30252 http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30259
moopst ·
Now it redirects to their /index.php virtual file.

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