Brought over from the old site - 12/13/06

One of my friends recently gave as a reason against states being compelled to use open source software: "..it is hard and a lot of work to deal with the problems...".

Now let's forget software for a minute. What if, in 1954, the Supreme Court had ruled that "while school integration is a noble goal, the practicalities make it too difficult to actually implement."? Think about it...states had to call out the National Guard to keep the peace, they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars (millions in today's $) in police overtime and the political costs were enormous.

Sometimes, the best path is the most difficult to walk.