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New York City Examines Law Mandating Open Source
An anonymous submitter writes "The New York Council held a hearing on the 'SOFTWARE WARS.' The Select Committee on Technology in Government, chaired by Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-Manhattan), held a public hearing Tuesday on software procurement practices by state and local governments. Representatives from the City's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Microsoft, as well as numerous local software companies testified. Newsforge is carrying the testimony at the hearing of Tony Stanco, Director of The Center of Open Source & Government." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.
In a rather sad state of affairs, Microsoft and PHP have jointly announced that PHP will become a core part of the next Windows release. However, MS will take over hosting for PHP, and the license will become "more restrictive."
The cool part about this deal is that it would be extremely easy to write a worm in PHP, if only it had a popular operating system to back it. Now that's become the truth. Thanks to PHP's mail() function, worms and trojans will spread like wildfire as soon as the next Windows ships with PHP.
i DOWt that you can 'force' goodness, any more than you can eradicate evile.
a more accurate analogy of the softwar gangster scenario might also be found in the big apple's history.
pay attention, that's affordable/timely.
gov.va.msn.?net? (VAST)? i DOWt it. lookout bullow.
WHEN I SAW YOU and UNCLE TALKING ABOUT THIS LITTLE GIRL SHOWING OFF HER BODY FOR EVERY MAN ,YOUNG OF OLD. ITS INAPPROPRIATE, VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. YOU HAD THIS CHILD AND ITS YOUR duty TO HELP HER go to COLLEGE. YOU SIT THERE AND FELT NO SHAME. YOU ONLY SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AND THAT IS HOW MUCH MONEY SHE CAN MAKE FOR YOU AND YOUR SO CALL UNCLE. I SUGGEST THAT YOU PUT YOURSELF ON LINE. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU AND YOUR UNCLE GET HELP AND YOU BOTH SHOULD BE LOCK UP. I PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN. WHO WILL HELP THE LITTLE GIRL's
I'm sorry to be so blunt about it...but it is not anyones fault that some guy looking at a photo of a internet model can't control him self. HE is to blame, and I'm sure he has a hand to jack off with. And what about the parents that weren't watching their children, and THAT IS WHY they turned up missing. Any parent that lets their child run loose around the neighborhood is at risk of having some sick-o kidnapped, rape or even kill their child. Let me refer to the Eminem song that says "You blame me cuz your son jumps over the terrace, you shoulda been watchin him...APPARENTLY YOU AIN'T PARENTS." Damn right none of the Internet site kids are missing, thats cuz those parents are parents and they take precautions...now some parents can't say that CAN THEY? You think before you speak/write next time...and know what you're talking about. IF some guy looked at me at walmart because I happened to let an inch of my thigh show when I was itching my leg and he got aroused, would it then be okay to blame me if he went and raped some girl that was walking on the side of the road while he was driving home??? HUH? NO...that would be on him...NOT ME!!!!
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its not that I don't think the malls are safe and wonderful. Its that I think we are talking about two different tthings.I have 8 children the oldest is 17 . I would not allow them to just roam the malls. they have no business there unless they want to go shopping in that case they better bring me cause they don't have money to shop at department stores. an online website really does not compare to me.yes there maybe sexual behavior at the mall and at school maybe even more. we are talking about a 12 yr. old girl. this girl would probably be safer at the mall alone than with her family. They seem to care very little about her. there are bad people everywhere we could have one nextdoor.I can't protect my children from everything bad but I sure am going to try. If you go to the mall with your daughter do you really think there are men all over the mall getting their kicks off her. I mean everyday that little girls pictures are online there are probably hundreds of sick perverts looking at her.
I keep wondering why they weren't considering open-source in the first place. After all, if big companies like IBM are using open-source software now, you'd think the IT staff at a large organization like a state or large city government wouldn't be in the dark about open source. If students can do it, shouldn't IT pros?
The problem seems to be that too many politicians and civil servants are incompetent and poorly qualified and if they're not presently capable of making a well-informed decision without legislation, then they're not going to make a good decision with legislation. Forcing them to consider open-source is going to confuse these morons. They'll want to call "open-source" in to make a powerpoint presentation, and will become quite confused when they can't find a number in the phone book.
To use open-source software, you need a qualified IT staff, and if you have a qualified IT staff, you're probably already considering (not necessarily using, but at least considering) open-source.
I think some firings. some better hiring practices, and perhaps requiring more basic computer knowledge of bureaucrats in general would go a lot farther than any of this legislation will. I do believe that open-source has general advantages for government, so I think a general pro-open position is a good idea, I just think that until we see some other changes, it's not going to do much.
I'm from Toronto. I'm not sure how many of you saw our mayor interviewed on TV the other day about SARS. If you did, you'll understand why I think the people running our cities are morons. Our city staff managed to blow insane amounts of money on computer services that we never even received. These people don't know shit about computers. They just know that their brother-in-law or their golf partner or whoever owns a computer consulting company, so they give him a massive contract and then they never think about computers again until they get busted by the auditor.
What is truly sad is the fact that the 12 year old girl does not have a clue of the potential danger that she may face by exploiting herself this way. And she is JUST following her mother and uncle's guidance. How very very sad for the child and beyond shameful for her mother. No matter what her mother states her reasoning for doing this is, she is just out to gain monetarily. And so is the uncle. I'll be praying for her deliverance from Satan's grasp and I hope many of you will also. This is wrong!
And I'm proud to join you in my perverted fantasies of Mika Boorem. I would shoot ropes of cum all over that little whore. You know she wants it, too. This Mika Boorem is a cute little slut who wants, craves, and deserves an older man's cock. Oh how I would love to ejaculate my sweet, nickely-smelling semen deep into her [pussy|bellybutton]! I would even let her choose the input location for my DNA transmission.
Wait, today is Thursday. Three-Input Thursday! Mika, my dear, you are about to experience a triple input. Cum. Cum. Cum.
This thread should be titled "New York City Examines Law Mandating Linux". Why does Linux continually hide under the guise of open source? If Windows was open source this article would take on a somewhat curious tone right? I mean, we'd be confused about whose open source they suggest. Ok, so they should use open (as in readable) software, that just makes sense right? What about open source applications that run on a closed source OS? Would that be ok? If not, should the entire hardware platform be open too? You need open source hardware spec too? Since Linux -is- the only open source platform, there's no reason to minc words. Say what you mean.
+2 cents.