it won't save a penny (Score 1)

Open Source in the government will save the government a lot of money, though they may need a helping hand

From my experience in govt contracts, I can assure you it won't save a penny. Suppose, they'll choose Apache instead of IIS. How's it going to save money? They'll hire IBM to integrate and support; and pay the same amount of money. Well, this time it'll be less for licenses, but more for man-months