USPS goes open-source with tracking system

Courtesy Linux Today  Fri, 07/10/2009 - 15:34

Government Computer News: "If you've gone to USPS.com to track and confirm delivery of a letter or package, you've used the U.S.

Postal Service's Product Tracking System (PTS) and probably not known it. And you might not have noticed either when USPS moved the system to open source."

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