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In the latest stimulus bill passed by the senate hides a big win for Open Source companies like Novell and RedHat.

On page 488 the topic reads:

Study and Reports on Availability of Open Source Health Information Technology Systems

This bill is saying:

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Health of the Vetrans Health Administration, the Directory of the Indian Health Service, the Secretary of Defence, the Directory of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, conduct a study on

1.) the current availability of open source health information technology systems
2.) the cost of ownership of open source system in comparison to the cost of proprietary commercial products
3.) meets the requirements of the targeted individuals
4.) CAPACITY OF SUCH SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE INTEROPERABILITY.

The report is supposed to be completed by Oct 10th 2010 at the latest

Now, back on a more Novell centric approach to the bill. Novell leads the market in facilitating interoperability with current monopolized corporate entities. Novell Netware is a well known system in our current governemt, as many entities use NDS as their primary directory service (so they have a foot in the door).

I’m no genius, but this sounds like great news.