FDA: Going Against the Obama Open Source Push
July 26, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has contracted to with ISYS Search Software, http://www.isys-search.com/, to provide ISYS Anywhere enterprise software for FDA staff to have secure mobile access to organizational content. ISYS Anywhere is a universal enterprise search solution that provides secure access across multiple repositories to web-enabled mobile devices.
This is quite a surprise for the Beyond Search goslings. The new administration wants to go open source, but the FDA is licensing proprietary software from a company based in Australia. We’re wondering if this is a reflection of where the federal government is going on enterprise software, or if the FDA is striking out on its own.
Stephen Arnold, July 26, 2009
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this is a strange article that doesn’t make any sense. the fed gov’t is bound by procurement rules to pick the appropriate technology based on a set of criteria (cost, functionality, support, etc.) they define. the gov’t will always be buying proprietary software if it meets their requirements. oracle db and sharepoint are two proprietary software packages the government buys that have open source alternatives – are you saying that the gov’t should always use mysql and Liferay/Jetspeed portal rather than buying these products?