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No, the VA is just following the FAR. You do know about the FAR, right? An RFI is an absolutely normal part of the process. And if you had bothered to actually read the RFI, you'd notice that the VA is *not* asking for arguments for or against open source. They're asking for best practices on how to implement open source. If some 'big, proprietary contractor' were to submit arguments against open source, it would be rejected as non-compliant. Also, the responses are page-limited to 20 pages (also not untypical, although 10 is more common), so there again no 'big, proprietary contractors' have the advantage. If the OS community can't be bothered to write a 20 page white paper, maybe they deserve to go under. (What do I know about government procurements? Glad you asked. I'm a member of the APMP and have written over 200 proposals for over $10 billion in business. Won more than a few, too. How much time have you spent reading sections C, L, and M?)
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