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French Parliament To Go Open Source

Posted by kdawson on from the desktops-and-all dept.

dhoyte writes, "Newsfactor.com reports that next June the French parliament will be switching from Microsoft to open source products such as Linux for desktops and servers and OpenOffice for day-to-day documents. They see it as a cost-cutting measure." The French have not settled on a Linux distribution yet. The article quotes an analyst voicing a note of caution: "'The evidence on the cost savings attributable to a switch to Linux has been mixed,' according to Chris Swenson, director of software industry analysis at research group NPD. 'There has been some evidence that companies have to spend a good deal on training and support after you deploy...'"

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  1. As Long As...... by 8127972 · · Score: -1, Troll

    .... the French don't surrender, then this will be good.

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  2. Slashdot, Linux and eldavojohn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The homosexual connection continues.

    1. Re:Slashdot, Linux and eldavojohn by buswolley · · Score: -1, Troll
      I duck now.

      Of course they are adopting open source now that they are headed by a Socialist.

      ;)

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  3. FRANCE SURRENDERS TO OPEN SOURCE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    -nt-

  4. I find myself torn here. by DeadboltX · · Score: 0, Troll

    The French are always wrong, does this mean that open source is NOT the way to go for governments?

    As a user and supporter of open source I find myself confused and not knowing what to think.

    This is like as if AOL, a known evil, made something good.

    I just don't know.

  5. Fi8st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    politics openly. would 7ake about 2 to have t0 decide has brought upon

  6. who gives a fuck? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    what a bunch of fags.

  7. Bullshit by NineNine · · Score: -1, Troll

    For what you could spend to buy a few licenses of your average commercial app you could have the opensource equivilant customized to your needs.

    Ok. How about some real world examples, instead of hyperbole? Anybody willing to make or modify an OSS point of sale system that is 100% graphical, accepts credit cards, debit cards, and gift cards via at least one major merchant bank via either a modem or online, transfers all sales, customer, vendor, and inventory information to Quickbooks automatically, handles all inventory, including purchase orders, invoices, returns, reorder points, and suggested PO's, handles all ad-hoc reporting, prints all inventory tags, purchase orders, vouchers, etc. in multiple formats, with customizeable print templates, works with all standard point of sale software, including cash drawers, receipt printers, barcode scanners, credit card swipes, display poles, and touchscreens, and is scalable via a client-server setup for at least 20 registers for less than $1600?

    Yeah, thought so.

  8. Re:Windows Retraining: A Red Herring by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll

    wrong shit for brains. they have both been released. now why don't you go back to fucking your mother you AC asshole.

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  9. Re:Always wrong? by AlexDV · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey, that goes both ways. If you are French, then you owe your very freedom to the Americans:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France

    If it weren't for the USA, you'd all be speaking German right now. Let's just call it even, shall we?

  10. Oh nooo Bill is going to loose so much money :) by ds18s20 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh nooo Bill is going to loose so much money :) French parliament - where is that, Modesto?