[$] Lessons from open source in the Mexican government

The adoption of open-source software in governments has had its ups anddowns. While open source seems like a "no-brainer", it turns out thatgovernments can be surprisingly resistant to using FOSS for a variety ofreasons. Federico Gonzalez Waite spoke in the Open Government track at SCALE 22x in Pasadena,California to recount his experiencesworking with and for the Mexican government. He led multiple projectsto switch away from proprietary, often predatory, software companies withsome success-and failure.