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Is Open Source Different In Europe Than In the US?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-hear-gravity-is-heavier-over-there-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The first Europe Open Source Think Tank just concluded and Larry Augustin posted some interesting observations on open source in Europe versus the US. Essentially, he says that users in Europe care more about the open source nature of a product than do US users. US users are just trying to save a buck while European users actually care about access to the source code. Do Slashdot readers observe the same thing? Are the reasons for using open source software different in other parts of the world as well?"

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  1. The answer... by TractorBarry · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    > Is Open Source Different In Europe Than In the US ?

    Oui ! Ja ! Si !

    Sorry about that.

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  2. For shame ?? not for votinmg m,achines?? by kubitus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    have a look at your voting machines.

    for me they look like Vegas roulette table with a break installed. If it doesnt suit the operator, the win does not come.

    Throw out you e-voting and other easily forged democracy-tools operated by the republicans!

    America

    wake up!!

  3. You are just wrong... by tjstork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The 80's was probably one of the most damaging eras for the U.S. where culture and society are concerned.

    You are just completely wrong. The 1980s saw the birth of the personal computer revolution and laid the groundwork for the internet. An entirely new art form called video gaming was created and a great many advances were made in a wide variety of industries and sciences.

    Yeah, the hair sucked, but the clothes were a step up from the 1970s and Reagan was a great president.

    When you say, "everyone is greedy", it really means that you are piously condemning everyone else for what they choose to do, and asserting you have a right do so, of course, greedier than anything anyone else could do. It's not that everyone is greedy, it's that you are, and won't admit it to yourself.

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