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Paris Accelerates Move to Open Source
* * Beatles-Beatles writes to tell us that the city of Paris is moving to open-source software a little faster than originally intended. As a part of the strategy to 'reduce its dependence on suppliers' they anticipate replacing both server and desktop applications with free and open-source software. From the article: "Earlier this year, volunteers among the city's 46,000 staff were invited to download and install open-source software to their desktops, including the Firefox browser and the Open Office.org productivity suite. Now, the city is planning to migrate all the users of one city department or all of those in one of the city's 20 districts, not just the volunteers, to test a larger migration. The city has 17,000 workstations, up from 12,000 in 2001"
but closed minds.
I'm suprised the French don't use more free software, given their hate for America
Yeah, France hates America, that's why they were crucial in securing your freedom from England. Yeah, France hates America, that's why they gave you that huge statue parked outside NYC.
I guess when France questions your foreign policies, it's easier to write them off as having an irrational hatred for America, but in actual fact, it's just because your foreign policies stink.
it is no wonder. I predict much more of this. Willing or unwilling I consider MS to blame. A simple dumb click by a dumb user should not allow a rootkit that cannot be removed get installed PERIOD! How is it that WinXP has option "Hidden files and folders - Show hidden files and folders" yet these files are still hidden. I PAID YOU FOR THIS, YOU WORK FOR ME! GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN.
Oh yea, and Registry entries are hidden Also! Where is the option to display hidden registry entries? It must exist, yet I cannot find the option to turn it off.SONY found it! I do not think I will be interested your new fangled SOL file system now. You can't get the old one working right. If MS cannot fix this problem they should get out of the operating system business. If u think Linux is to niche just opt for solaris. Game over Bill. I almost wish this problem hit me then I would have cause to go after these thugs.
I sure hope the CIA has at least infected China's version of the CIA and the Iranian's and the Russian's CIA.
In reality some dumb ass 16 year old has already done it and the CIA is clueless.
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ah... you mean that the typical anglo-slashdotter posting anti-French comments everytime a news more or less remotely relates to something happening in France is expressing sarcasm ? I thought it was just good old racism and that this kind of comments should be replied to a factual level, but that's just me, you can keep rateing these comments as sarcasm/humor...
Forgot the LA riots, dude?