CCAGW Misreads Mass. Policy, Open Standards Generally

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 1, 2003 @01:12PM from the amateur-clowns-vs.-professional-clowns dept.

mhrivnak writes "The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste made this press release blasting the Massachusetts policy decision to move to Open Source. They explain why Linux is a 'monopoly,' how this policy is 'socialist' and why 'The old Soviet Union could not have done this any better.' The CCAGW has been previously informed about the benefits of open source software in government. Tell them what you think!" The CCAGW is at least not completely one-dimensional; the group is also opposed to mandatory embedded snoopware. Maybe they don't realize that conventional closed-source software has big costs worth avoiding.

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Re:Kinda makes you wonder... by jxs2151 · 2003-10-01 13:53 · Score: 1, Troll

Oh the hypocrisy.....
A Microsoft monopoly is bad, a Linux monopoly is good.
You are either true to your principles or not, time to decide.
Re:Kinda makes you wonder... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-01 14:20 · Score: 0, Troll

bitch all you want, but MS spends a lot on RD. Linux doesn't (can't). Sun might do some GUI surveys, and IBM might integrate some of their technology, but linux, gnome, kde, etc. are pretty much just copies of other stuff. MS adds some dubious features, but they also add a lot of niceties that the open source mentality can't fathom.