Open Season

- WatersTechnology Staff
- 01 Jan 2010

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The year 2009 was a big, and in some ways surprising, year for open-source software. Some high-profile users in some very high places made the switch from proprietary systems-back in October, the new media team at the White House announced that the whitehouse.gov Web site is now running on open-source content management system Drupal. Similarly, the US Department of Defense said open-source software was almost always equal to commercial alternatives and should by law be considered when looking

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