[GUFSC] LAMP Development at Public Sector Web Sites

[Rafael R Obelheiro]

[http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7131]

Issue 118: LAMP Development at Public Sector Web Sites
Posted on Sunday, February 01, 2004 by Tom Adelstein

A new breed of IT firm is helping federal, state and local governments
create a "public infostructure" of interoperable, effective Web-based
applications.

Linux runs right under the radar, not exactly in stealth mode, at many
high-profile government agencies, including the Departments of
Defense, State and Labor; the General Services Administration; the
Census Bureau; and USAID. At the heart of these applications lies the
LAMP framework, which stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, Perl or
Python. Tom Walker, former Lt. Commander of Navy Special Operations
and adamant proponent of open-source technologies, said, The next
computing revolution, like that of the Internet, will emerge from
unexpected and perhaps even modest sources...the next great leap in
computing and software technology will come from small firms who have
the creativity and strength to stand up...by offering advanced
solutions using Open Source technologies. Firms like Walker's group
and a few others have led the charge on Capitol Hill and elsewhere
with open-source software (OSS).

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