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[Pia Smith]

Hi Con,

On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 21:39, Con Zymaris wrote:
> I have sent a response to Ivan, included below. If you have more material 
> to add, please send him a note. The mechanics of convincing government to 
> consider open standards and open source don't vary much from country to 
> country (in most circumstances.) Perhaps we can collate them as an 
> 'evangelism pack' for redeployment in different countries?

An interesting thought. I think that one of the most instructive ways to
demonstrate to Government that a solution is viable to them, is to show
where it has worked for other governments. This is one of the reasons I
am going to be speaking to gov types in Brazil in November and
(hopefully) presenting that at the OSS in Gov mini-conf at LCA2004. I
think if such a pack were to exist it would benefit most from having
several countries as examples and I would be happy to contribute :)

<snip>

Good idea :) but I think the personal approach makes a big difference. 

Cheers,
Pia

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Pia Smith <greebo at pacific.net.au>