Government
Most influential in government IT?
In Time's 100 list of most influential people, there are a handful of technologists, all Web 2.0 types (not counting Bill). But who are the most influential in government IT?
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Tiime shows its with-it colors by picking from the tech world not Steve Jobs or Larry Ellison or Sergei and Larry (although a strong argument can be made for those two) but Jimmy Wales (thinker) and the Flickr Founders and Skype Guys (builders/titans).
This raises a question: Who are the most influential people in government IT? How about Massachusetts' former CIO, Peter Quinn (pictued), who moved the Bay State from Microsoft to ODF, before resigning. It's possible Quinn's courageous actions will start a groundswell of government movement towards open formats.
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