The tech industry is abuzz about the nation’s new CIO, Vivek Kundra, wanting to move the feds towards cloud computing. Imagine the discussions taking place within the brain trusts in government IT contractor’s conference rooms.

We’re thrilled with the news! Software companies that have made sure the feds are addicted to their wares are not.

Check out this site Kundra was involved in promoting: Apps for Democracy to better understand why there is so much buzz and perhaps some panic in some quarters of the software industry.

For more information and viewpoints:

• WJS – Digits Blog: Inside the Head of Obama’s CIO
• OSTATIC: Bodes Well for Open Source

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