[ILUG] Irish Government urging EU to consider open source??

[Nils]

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 17:26 +0000, Domenico Gentile wrote:
> Sorry Gavin,
> 	I don't believe you. I know it's late on a Friday and I'm sure you
> must be dreaming of a pint right about now.
> 
> Are you trying to tell me that one minute the Irish Government are stating
> 'since OSS is "open to amendment and reconfiguration," the long-term cost of
> using it in Irish e-government projects may be too great.'
> 
> http://www.enn.ie/news.html?code=9411095
> 
> and now that it is good to use OSS?????
> 
> Talk about politicians who believe in 'keeping your options open'
> 
> 
> Dom
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin McCullagh [mailto:ilug_gmc at fiachra.ucd.ie]
> Sent: 19 November 2004 17:02
> To: Irish Linux Users Group
> Subject: [ILUG] Irish Government urging EU to consider open source??
> 
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Think it's a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is
doing.
nils