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Software Libre: DoHS Switches, Commerce Slights
An anonymous reader writes "Some excellent Pigdog investigative journalism: Apparently, The state department is trying to block international support of OSS and Free (Libre) Software. See also this InfoWorld article." Contrast that with this NewsForge report of a switch from Windows 2000 to Linux+Oracle at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They picked a good week for it.
Da Comrade. The Capitalist Swine will fall any day now, overthrown by the will of the people.
Hey look, a Starbucks opened up down the street.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Just remember folks, when such a smaal change is considered important, it usually means $$$ is a stake. As in:
The use of free software is supported : you can get $$$ if you use the stuff.
The use of free software is encouraged : you can get kudos if you use it.
That being said, I think the author of the original article smoked a bit too much of all the shit he could get on that beach.
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
They do sell a good product. Breath freshner for people who eat shit.
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
Your precious free market at work!
(goddammit, I'm gonna get my karma slammed on this thread! first I embarassingly misconfabulate the plot of the underpants gnomes episode, now this!)
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff