Open Question
Over at TechCentralStation, Julian Sanchez and Jim DeLong are having an interesting debate over whether the government should favor Open Source applications when procuring software. Julian makes a strong public-choice argument that they should, but Jim scores some points in his response as well. Both pieces are worth reading.
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Score a point for Julian's side:
http://www.juliansanchez.com/2002_12_01_notesarch.html#90036769