Secret EU Open Source Migration Study Leaked 311
Elektroschock writes "For 4 years MEP Marco Cappato tried to get access to the EU Council's 2005 open source migration study because he is a member of a responsible IT oversight committee in the European Parliament. His repeated requests for access were denied. Now they have finally been answered because the Council's study has escaped into the wild (PDF in French and English). Here is a quick look. It is embarrassing! Gartner, when asked if there were any mature public Linux installations in Europe, claimed that there were none. Michael Silver said, 'I have not spoken to any sizable deployments of Linux on the desktop and only one or two StarOffice deployments.' Gartner spread patent and TCO FUD. Also, the European Patent Office participated in the project, although it is not an EU institution."
Re:Why do we let Gartner Continue? (Score:3, Funny)
But... But... Gartner says they're a useful institution. Gartner!
Re:Why do we let Gartner Continue? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Fraud and conflict of interest (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh noes! (Score:5, Funny)
I am not some bitter FreeBSD user hiding out in his mother's basement.
Goddamnit, for the last time, it's not a basement, it's my command centre.
Re:Fraud and conflict of interest (Score:5, Funny)
15% of MBA's will get you the correct statistics though.
So all I need 7 MBAs to achieve 100% accurate knowledge of everything. Great!
(Yes, I know that's flawed math, just making a point)
Re:Oh noes! (Score:2, Funny)
Don't you know.... you never go full retard, never.