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Europe Is Falling Behind On Open Source

Posted by Zonk on from the pick-up-the-pace dept.

Superentity writes "Computer Business Review is reporting that an official at the European Commission has called on Europe to take a more proactive approach to open source or risk missing out, and outlined steps that European businesses and governments can take to help open source." From the article: "In the US most of the large companies have clear strategies to increase open source in their product lines...In Asia and Latin America, we see that there are many national and regional projects to develop and to work on open source."

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  1. mentality... by sznupi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Especially in post Soviet countries, there's too much corruption for MS to not thrive...

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  2. Re:Now hold on a moment here by xtracto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well yes... they are also teenage boys going out of these pubs and all that but... To be honest with you, I pay much (MUCH, MUCH) more attention to the girls (specially when they took their 'some' cltohes off =oP

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  3. Re:if the US is so great by eurostar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guess you know all about shitholes as you are living in one...

  4. The EU does not represent me. by AdmV0rl0n · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I did'nt vote for that scum, and they don't speak for me, and after the week they have had, they should focus on their own jobs and answering the questions now really raised, not issuing more effing dictats.

    Still, they will desperatly attempt to get 4/5s of states to ratify and reach a stage where they can take it to council and make a 'decision'.

    Its high time these people stopped lauding the 'commission and friends' - they are not our friends and never will be.

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  5. Re:Now hold on a moment here by maxwell+demon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of course Europe is perfect. You know, all those Zombie computers were actually working with chips designed in the US, that's the explanation. And of course, were it not for that big US corporation named Microsoft, there surely would be more Open Source in Europe.

    Don't believe me? Well, prove the opposite! ;-)

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