http://www.osnews.com/story/14492/OpenSource_Coming_to_the_Rescue_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:11:59 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?120044 http://osnews.com/thread?120044 I noticed that Google Maps is used for the mapping of Emergency tickets. I assume that there is a local cache of the maps on a rock-solid server for emergency services? Otherwise, this means that the mapping functionality would be dependent on Google Maps being up, which (while I've only seen it down once) seems a bit risky...

Apart from this, I applaud this real-world effort to bring Open-Source to cash-starved public services. This is where F/OSS software can shine, and save us taxpayers money at the same time! Mon, 01 May 2006 21:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (archiesteel) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?120050 http://osnews.com/thread?120050 That was my thought exactly.

Then I thought "fully reusing an existing tool, cool."

Seriously though, the 911 center doesn't die if the internet connection dies right?! Mon, 01 May 2006 21:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ma_d) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?120057 http://osnews.com/thread?120057 F/OSS will come.

Whole countries are dumping Microsoft and taking Linux.
Design teams for F1 dumped Solaris for Linux
Public transport all over Europe is dumping Microsoft solutions to take up F/OSS, Linux and FreeBSD
Some US states are dumping Microsoft formats for open formats.

Little by little, the money men are getting their territory chipped away.
some day, the rest will crumble around them

RANT OVER Mon, 01 May 2006 21:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (raver31) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?120074 http://osnews.com/thread?120074 Not if they are like the one my wife works in. Yes they have ip based everything, however they also have regular multiline phones under their desks, everything is written onto 3x5 cards and then when the "crisis" is over, someone enters everything into RMS. Mon, 01 May 2006 23:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (corrosive23) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?120087 http://osnews.com/thread?120087 Yes they have ip based everything, however they also have regular multiline phones under their desks, everything is written onto 3x5 cards and then when the "crisis" is over, someone enters everything into RMS.

No wonder he has such an affinity for placards! Tue, 02 May 2006 00:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eMagius) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?120212 http://osnews.com/thread?120212 Sounds like you're looking for complete domination, which simply won't happen. Tue, 02 May 2006 15:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sappyvcv) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?120222 http://osnews.com/thread?120222 Is there any effort trying to integrate a voip package like asterisk into it. I also have reservation about the Google maps usage. Its a ongoing project and much needed, keep up the good work. Tue, 02 May 2006 15:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lostnerd) Comments