The Economist on Open Source in Government 331
locarecords.com writes "The Economist has an excellent article about Microsoft attempting to undermine the Open Source and Free Software movements. Particularly interesting are the issues relating to proprietary software and government and how other countries are mandating free software in government software projects."
Think about the probelms (Score:2, Funny)
Re: Notice this Zealots (Score:5, Funny)
> > That said, open-source is no panacea, and there are many areas where proprietary products are still far superior.
> I wish the zealots would at least concede that much before blasting the horrible , horrible, evil, closed, proprietary software.
OK, consider it conceded. Now can we please get on with the blasting?
Re:Think about the probelms (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Think about the problems (Score:3, Funny)
Phew (Score:5, Funny)
All you MS developers are safe now. There'll be no outsourcing there any more.
It wasn't Truman (Score:5, Funny)
Wilson later became Eisenhower's Secretary of Defense (1953-57). Sometimes a good quotation gets in the way of good history.
Governments Are Wise (Score:5, Funny)
- Ada over all other programming languages
- ISO OSI protocols over the TCP/IP suite
- Interlaced HDTV
An official government stamp of approval on Linux can only be viewed as evidence that it's the best technical solution available.
Re:It wasn't Truman (Score:3, Funny)
Excellent article (Score:1, Funny)
And by "excellent" you mean pro-open source.