Open source gets vote of confidence from White House

Here's some news that may shape your company's decision on the adoption of open-source software: The White House is giving Drupal its seal of approval. The WhiteHouse.gov website is now using the content management software to maintain and update its site. ComputerWorld jokes that maybe "George W. Bush's old CMS wasn't cutting it any longer."

According to CNET News the Administration announced the switch to the Associated Press with a nod toward the software's transparency and taxpayer-friendly price tag. The endorsement may make others in the private and public sector more comfortable with open source, quieting some enterprise-users reluctance to join the movement due to security fears.

Still, one would hope the White House is watching the site closely to prevent vulnerabilities. CNET News notes, that "as with all open-source software there's no guarantee that debugging and security patches automatically arrive faster or that software is easier to maintain than with proprietary software."

For more:
- read the ComputerWorld article
- read the CNET News article

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