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Latest Postings
- 19. April 2011: User groups
- 19. April 2011: Detecting theft
- 13. February 2011: Automated water meter reads
- 27. January 2011: What German utility billing software would that be?
- 5. November 2010: Seven myths of billing implementations
- 24. October 2010: Comparing utility billing software
- 1. October 2010: Failing in the public sector
- 29. September 2010: Project failures
- 27. September 2010: Not the product manager
- 25. September 2010: Not the product roadmap
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Open source?
Will tax billing software or water billing software ever be open source? “Ever” is one of those word that’s often bandied around, so let’s limit it to the next 10 years. There is a small market for public sector billing software, with a relatively small number of players, and a highly specialised sector knowledge required. My guess is “unlikely”. However it’s pleasing to see that in Australia Microsoft cash is being used to fund some open source development - see this story from Down Under.
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