[Noisebridge-discuss] berkeley rent stabilization board needs open-source software

jim jim at well.com
Wed Mar 23 15:40:32 UTC 2011


    per my reply to asa, yes, i'm interested in finding out more 
and possibly helping. 


On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 20:48 -0700, Jake wrote:
> a friend of mine is on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
> 
> and they're about to contract some non-open-source software to run their 
> database, so they'll be locked into that crap for the next 40 years, plus 
> they'll be blowing public money on closed-source software.
> 
> What can they use instead?  They basically need a database program where 
> they can enter data on each property, and call up the record for a 
> property on the screen where everything is shown in a template, and they 
> can hit PRINT.
> 
> sounds simple right?  any suggestions?  Anyone willing to get involved, 
> perhaps as a consultant of sorts, or come to the meeting and give a 
> presentation on why open-source software is the solution?
> 
> write back!
> -jake
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