According to the BBC News and others, newly elected US President Barack Obama has requested a document detailing the benefits of open source technologies.  The BBC article indicates Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has been asked to contribute to the project.
With the economy currently in as much turmoil as it is, the move to investigate open source is not surprising – indeed it makes perfect sense.  So too would such a technological shift be in keeping with the promises of openness that the President seems keen to foster.
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