This was on the CBC yesterday. The alleged scheme goes back to 2005. So, don't think the FLOSS RFP is directly related.<br><br>Even if the govt uses FLOSS, they will still rely on partners, consultants, ...etc. So, using FLOSS (or not) can still lead to this kind of corruption. <br>
<br>When there is a lot of money that is not yours and little oversight, these things tend to happen ... sad human reality.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Kyle Spaans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:3lucid@gmail.com">3lucid@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Interesting. I wonder if it's in any way related to the recent RFI<br>
that the government<br>
sent out about FLOSS?<br>
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