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Lobbyists Urge South Australia To Drop Open Source Bill

Posted by timothy on from the commonwealth-means-what-again dept.

Red Wolf writes "The Age reports that South Australia has caused eyebrows at the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) to be raised in concern, with the organisation writing to Premier Mike Rann over a proposed Open Source software bill. The ISC, by its own definition, is a "global coalition of large and small companies committed to advancing the concept that multiple competing software markets should be allowed to develop and flourish unimpeded by government preference or mandate"."

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  1. Re:Initiative for Software Choice? by buro9 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So a piece of software that does its job "well enough" is OK?

    If taxes are miscalculated, then this is OK so long as it's a minority who suffer then? And the same of potentially life-threatening things such as air traffic control or medical systems?

    Nope, not in my estimation at least. I would rather pay a little more in taxes and have the government choose the best software for the job. I suspect that in most cases this will be Open Source developed software (e.g. Linux or MySql), but I don't want them to HAVE to make that decision based on mandate. So in that small detail alone, I agree with pigopolists.