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CIOs Band Together Against Paying For Software Bugs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-make-it-run dept.

gmerideth writes: "This article over at cio.com interviews several CIO's who are sick and tired of spending billions every year on software upgrades simply because the creater tells them to upgrade as they wont support previous versions or they get stuck into lengthy, costly licenses. Quoted from the article "Other companies, such as Ameritrade Holding, are opting for open-source technologies such as the GNU and Linux operating systems, the Apache Web server and Sendmail e-mail.". It's glad to see the open source movement doing it's job."

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  1. Furst? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Troll Tuesday rules the earth!

    -- Vlad (posting anonymously to preserve his precious 0 karma)

  2. frist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    psot

  3. EL Gatos Supremos De Los Muertes by Cephas+Keken · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    The Supreme Cats of death demand Free Software!

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    Guttermouth is a really good band.
  4. Philosophy of someone who is not a Dung Beetle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wish I was a dung beetle.

    1. Re:Philosophy of someone who is not a Dung Beetle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I was once a dung beetle, and because of this, I have the ability to make the right open source software decisions for my organization. We are:

      TWWFDB-Those Who Were Formally Dung Beetles

    2. Re:Philosophy of someone who is not a Dung Beetle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Read Kafka

  5. eat it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you heard me.

    ah.. fscking cowboy filter.

    oh well.

    W()()T!

  6. I'm impossibly lame... by Arben · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but I had to take a chance at fping. Sorry. Prolly won't even get it, since I had to register and all. ::prepares to be modded down::

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    This post, like so much of Creation, is NotArt
  7. It's glad? by Xzzy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > It's glad to see the open source movement doing it's job.

    Hey cool, I didn't know that articles had taken a stance on OSS or not. I didn't even know articles were sentient.

  8. OT-Antrax Scare Extreme Anti-Aboritionist Group! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    go to plannedparenthood.com
    do a google search on Daschle pro-choice
    do a google search on Brokaw pro-choice

    etc.etc.

  9. Re:Wait a minute. Somebody's shifting blame. by edrugtrader · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    oracle licks monkey balls.

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    MARIJUANA, SHROOMS, X: ONLINE?! - E
  10. Re:Let's not be too quick to pat ourself on the ba by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why not Windows 2000? I doubt the video card fiasco you mention would have happened had you run the Windows 2000 compatibility check and then upgraded to 2000 from there...

  11. Re:Sfotware Bugs by certsoft · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you are a programmer, and are reading this right now, take a few minutes after every block of code, go grab a cup of coffee....
    I don't drink coffee.