Скачать или смотреть Lack of public code cost city of Stockholm €100 million - Skolplattformen vs. Öppna skolplattformen

Öppna skolplattformen was developed out of the frustration of some parents in Stockholm when they noticed some irregularities and security issues in the proprietary school platform provided by the city. The original app cost the city one billion Swedish krona (around €100 million) and it turned out to be badly flawed.

This is the story of a struggle of some parents trying to fix the problems that pricey proprietary software brought, and a skeptical administration that found itself trapped in a serious vendor lock-in. With Christian Landberg - co-founder and developer of Öppna skolplattformen - and Alexander Crawford - early supporter and strategic, policy and communication advisor of Öppna skolplattformen - we talked in depth about the Open School Platform. What drove them to release it under a Free Software license, its progress and current situation, and what lies ahead for this platform, but also for the use of public code in the public sector?