Breaking Microsoft's Grip On Government

Alan Dechert, Open Voting Consortium

Our group session will discuss how and why we can get key people in government to go for the open source alternative. - What questions do government officials have about open source? - Can we save them money? - Can we offer better security? - Open document format? - What are key MSFT applications we want to replace? - How does the voting application (public elections) fit in? - Does this have anything to do with the public's right to know how their government operates? - Does this have to do with the public's right to determine how their money is spent?