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Get a free listing in gov't open source reference -- but hurry!
By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller
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February 29, 2004 (8:00:00 AM)
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The deadline for the Open Source Reference Book 2004 published by The Center of Open Source and Government is March first. Listings are free, and almost any kind of open source-oriented business, non-profit group or open source project qualifies for inclusion.
According to the Center's Web site and email sent to us by director Tony Stanco, the following types of organizations are invited to apply:
This is a great opportunity for businesses large and small, as well as non-profit groups and academic projects, to connect with potential open source users within the U.S. government and, possibly, with agencies within local and state governments, as well as with governments of other countries, since previous eGovOS conferences have had a significant number of attendess from abroad.
But remember: You must apply for inclusion by March 1, so if you are going to be included you need to act quickly or you will be left out (until next year).
The URL is www.egovos.org/Book. The forms are simple and self-explanatory, and if you're part of an established open source business, project, community group or academic venture you already have all the requested information in hand and just need to paste it in, which should only take you a minute or two.
- Open Source companies
- Open Source vendors
- Open Source integrators
- Open Source consultants
- Open Source resellers
- Open Source government projects/policies
- Open Source corporate projects/policies
- Open Source community projects
- Open Source academic/national laboratory projects
This is a great opportunity for businesses large and small, as well as non-profit groups and academic projects, to connect with potential open source users within the U.S. government and, possibly, with agencies within local and state governments, as well as with governments of other countries, since previous eGovOS conferences have had a significant number of attendess from abroad.
But remember: You must apply for inclusion by March 1, so if you are going to be included you need to act quickly or you will be left out (until next year).
The URL is www.egovos.org/Book. The forms are simple and self-explanatory, and if you're part of an established open source business, project, community group or academic venture you already have all the requested information in hand and just need to paste it in, which should only take you a minute or two.
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Thank you. Corrected.
The forms are simple and self-explanatory, and if you're part of an established open source business, project, community group or academic venture you already have all the requested information in hand and just need to paste it in, which should only take you a minute or two.
Community group?
I took a look at the site/forms, and there isn't anything for LUGs. The closest I could see is Open Source/Free Software Project, which asks specific details about the project.
While it's a surprise to see Mr. Stanco including Free Software in the list, it doesn't surprise me to see Mr. Stanco attempting to deny publicity to user groups, especially after his being forced to face reality with one last year.
It's no big deal to google for a user group. But with that book being in the hands of government workers who are less familiar with F/OSS than their regular work, it would help them to have more resources, not less, at their fingertips.
btw, how goes the conversion to GNU/Linux at George Washington University, Mr. Stanco? And what did your friends at Microsoft have to say about it?
I was considering this, until I saw Tony Stanco's name. Ain't happening now.
although I've got a project floating around, it's still a long way from completion.
Probably just another empty promise from Stanco
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 01, 2004 09:37 PM
It will be used as a 'yellow pages' for government officials
That is very unlikely.
This Tony Stanco has a long history of fooling people with empty promises. If you submit your project or company for inclusion in this "reference", you'll only help Mr. Stanco with achieving his goal of giving himself the appearance of doing something important.
Correct link
Posted by: Joe Klemmer on March 01, 2004 12:56 AM#