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Countries Ponder: GNU/Linux vs. Microsoft
koody writes: "IDG has an overview of how many countries are getting drawn into the debate over the relative merits of using open source software rather than Microsoft Corp.'s Windows applications. Seems like many countries would be slowly moving towards the open source community, while a few still pledge allegiance to Microsoft."
Do they it 'cos they see the benefits of open source or are they just anti-USian ?
Like the "evil NSA key windows backdoor" rubbish.
I doubt they would ditch Windows if it was produced by a company of their own.
You are the dot in slashdot !
The US isn't poor but it is still too stupid too consider OSS.
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Relating to Mr. David Skoll's quote: "Well, some large commercial entities like HP/Compaq, IBM, Dell and Sun are quite willing to use, produce and/or distribute GPL'd software." (Dave: Thanks for RPPPoE!)
He might also like to mention MS's own SFU*and Interix
Have a gander at that little GPL sidebar..
* MS's Shut the Fuck Up... "Netscape eng are weenies wit" at its best)
Yeah, I'm confused why you fuckhead Conservative asswipes hang around Slashdot.
No, but it did make it easy for Microsoft to take an standard and mutate it into something that interferes with software replaceability. You make it sound like companies need to get something for free before they will ever implement anything new when there's really no good reason that companies can't all just work from a well documented specification.
The LGPL quite nicely achieves this for them while remaining open to review and verification.
If you really want to "perpetuate good code" or "spread a good idea" then there is no reason you need to do it with psuedo-PD.
Also, the point of Free Software is to increase choice for EVERYONE. If you don't grok that by now, you really haven't been paying attention.
Anarchy != Freedom, no matter how often you dress it up and repeat it.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
But I do care when government sponsored research into software is used by companies to make money. Last I checked, I didn't give Sun/MS/et all my tax dollars to make them richer
Heaven forbid that a corporation should benefit from tax dollars and use that money to employ people, pay dividends to pensioners and pay taxes! Better that we put intellectual property off limits to them. That makes a lot more senes.