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The Economist on Open Source in Government

Posted by michael on Saturday September 13, 2003 @11:33AM from the birds-eye-view dept.

locarecords.com writes "The Economist has an excellent article about Microsoft attempting to undermine the Open Source and Free Software movements. Particularly interesting are the issues relating to proprietary software and government and how other countries are mandating free software in government software projects."

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Re:How to be an American by CrazyGringo · 2003-09-13 11:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Oooh. You hurt me. You are just as intolerant as the KKK, asshole.
Re:Microsoft still doesn't get it by NineNine · 2003-09-13 11:52 · Score: 0, Offtopic

No, YOU don't get it. You obviously don't run a business. Principles like "free as in freedom" don't come into play when you're talking about the bottom line. That's a very, very naive viewpoint. I don't give a flying shit about "free as in freedom" when I have bills to pay, and I doubt that most other companies, unless they're awash in profits, do either.
That's the type of article you get... by ispel · 2003-09-13 12:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

when you don't have Microsoft ads plastered all over your page (like some people).

On the topic of MS ads on Slashdot: /. is a whore.
Re:"America" is $$$ and Power by SignificantBit · 2003-09-13 13:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

" America, real America is a place of freedom, of dreams and hopes, of caring for each other, of support for the less fortunate" tell that to the 1k+ people -yes they are PEOPLE- on Guantanamo who hasn't be charge of anything and are inprision without rights whatsoever.