Comments on: The Public Service as a Gift Economy

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:13:28 +0000

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By: jazzmann91

jazzmann91 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:01:53 +0000

If we could sell 51% of lawyers on the gift economy the world would fix itself in no time. ;-)

Thanks for writing!

By: Unique Gift For Everyone

Unique Gift For Everyone — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:45:41 +0000

I think it's a good idea to improve public service as a great gift

By: Can Canadian Public Services truly operate as ‘gift economies’? «

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:26:15 +0000

[...] mentioned. Certainly, it got my attention, but what really struck me was David Eaves description of a gift-based economy as a model for the public service. I had a post all ready to go on how I thought Eaves’ model really could work but was based [...]

By: Alex Sirota

Alex Sirota — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:59:41 +0000

Give this some thought:

Have you ever thought why technology developed by government and the broader public sector is not open-sourced? After all it has been paid for by the public's tax dollars, therefore it is essentially owned by the public.

Why wouldn't all software be open for anyone to use the way Firefox is, for example?

By: Alex Sirota

Alex Sirota — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:59:41 +0000

Give this some thought:

Have you ever thought why technology developed by government and the broader public sector is not open-sourced? After all it has been paid for by the public’s tax dollars, therefore it is essentially owned by the public.

Why wouldn’t all software be open for anyone to use the way Firefox is, for example?

By: ncharney

ncharney — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:33:39 +0000

Thanks for dropping us an email. I have your blog on my RSS so I got the post as soon as it went up and then pretty much linked to it immediately on my own site.

And thanks for the link to the site in your update.

Cheers!

By: ncharney

ncharney — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:33:39 +0000

Thanks for dropping us an email. I have your blog on my RSS so I got the post as soon as it went up and then pretty much linked to it immediately on my own site.

And thanks for the link to the site in your update.

Cheers!

By: Sameer Vasta

Sameer Vasta — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:50:36 +0000

You have a knack for writing about topics just as I’m discussing them with colleagues here at work. Of course, you say it much better than I ever do. I’ll be sharing this with all of them. Thanks David!

By: Sameer Vasta

Sameer Vasta — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:50:36 +0000