[SGVLUG] Open source under attack in the Senate?

[Dan Kegel]

OK, that's a terrible headline, but it does seem that the Senate
is trying to shut down government use and participation in
one particular open source project because a commercial
product serving the same need is available:

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/nsa-accumulo-google-bigtable/
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/18/0238241/nsa-mimics-google-angers-senate

Please have a read.  Maybe we should get together and write our
senators on this.