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More on Massachusetts' Push for Open Source
pbaumgar writes "With more than $32 billion in sales last year, Microsoft Corp. doesn't usually worry about losing one customer. But this one may be different. In a memo sent last month, Massachusetts Administration and Finance Secretary Eric Kriss instructed the state's chief technology officer to adopt a policy of 'open standards, open source' for all future spending on information technology." Follow-up to this story.
"It says that's bad for technology companies and bad for taxpayers, who may get stuck paying for inferior, more expensive products."
Isn't this our line??? Isn't this what we say when we say that everyone should consider Linux?
Buses stop at a bus station
Trains stop at a train station
On my desk there's a workstation....
Be very scared, Billy Boy!