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[ILUG] opensource too costly for Irish gov

[ILUG] opensource too costly for Irish gov

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Fri Apr 30 18:04:22 IST 2004


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Marek McGann writes:
>On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 10:17, P at draigBrady.com wrote:
>> http://www.enn.ie/frontpage/news-9410098.html
>
>"The open source software movement, meanwhile, is not focused on pushing
>common technical standards, although many in the movement support such
>initiatives. Open source backers aim to create a market where software
>code is open to development and modification, which can in some
>instances undermine interoperability."
>
>Microsoft push standards and interoperability? (But don't push code
>development, apparently.)

This is the bit that makes me think the govt's "advisors" were, basically,
MS themselves.  It's a solid chunk of untruths and FUD. :(

- --j.
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