Answering the Call for Open Source Government

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 8, 2009 1:50 AM EDT
Red Hat; By Jim Whitehurst
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President Obama came to office with the promise of change. His administration has pledged to create an environment of openness and participation. Some have already called him the “open source president” such as consultant and CNN contributor Alex Castellanos. There’s no better time than now. Transparency builds trust. Participation solves problems. And we believe that open source provides an answer. Red Hat is excited that the Obama administration recognizes the value of open source beyond software. Open source principles are changing how we learn, how we share information, how developers create, and how companies do business. Now it has the opportunity to change our government.

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