Post Syndicated from jake original https://lwn.net/Articles/1013776/

The adoption of open-source software in governments has had its ups and
downs. While open source seems like a “no-brainer”, it turns out that
governments can be surprisingly resistant to using FOSS for a variety of
reasons. Federico González Waite spoke in the Open Government track at SCALE 22x in Pasadena,
California to recount his experiences
working with and for the Mexican government. He led multiple projects
to switch away from proprietary, often predatory, software companies with
some success—and failure.