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Largo Loving Linux

Posted by michael on from the not-megatokyo's-largo dept.

A little over a year ago, dot.kde.org and Newsforge did stories on the Linux-based systems being used in Largo, FL to run the city government. Roblimo went down there, drank their coffee, and wrote a follow-up piece which might be, but wasn't, entitled "How to be a sysadmin whose pager doesn't go off". (Newsforge is part of OSDN.)

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  1. Governments love free labor. by Kaz+Kylheku · · Score: 0, Troll

    Using free software is yet another way by which the socialist collectivists can take advantage of the labor of the capable producers. There is nothing to cheer about when a government uses free software.

    The people who write free that software have jobs too, and they have to pay taxes. Using someone's free program is one thing, but doing that while stealing a portion of his earnings, that is disgusting.

  2. Re:Open Source is NOT the issue - it's the IMAGE by cmdr_beeftaco · · Score: 0, Troll

    Moderators: Parent post is not a troll. I ask you, would a troll go to all the trouble of organizing focus groups?
    There is no way some troll would waste their time gathering 100's of people to get their honest assessment of the state of computing. A troll typically fabericates their facts and colors the truth. They certainly do not run robust, scientific, double-blind and industry standard focus groups.
    Quite simply, it is too time consuming and a troll by definition does not have time to waste.