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Free Software Wins Court Battle in Quebec

Posted by kdawson on from the one-judge-not-bought dept.

courteaudotbiz writes "In a court battle in the province of Quebec, Canada, initiated more than two years ago, free software activists Savoir Faire Linux (translated 'Linux know-how') won the right to submit offers (Google translation; original French version) when the government takes public requests for submissions to replace its desktop operating systems and office suites. This opens the possibility in the future of replacing Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office in favor of Linux and OpenOffice.org, or any other operating system and office productivity suite. In his judgment, the magistrate said that the government acted illegally when it discarded the proposal of Savoir Faire Linux for replacing Windows XP with a Linux distribution."

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  1. Please respect the law by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please note that your response posts must be provided in both English and French.

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    1. Re:Please respect the law by Anon-Admin · · Score: 3, Funny

      S'il vous plaît noter que vos messages de réponse doivent être fournis en français et en anglais.

      You should have included the french then.

      Vous devriez avoir compris le français alors.

    2. Re:Please respect the law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      FYI, English speakers the anonymous coward is attempting to poorly quote Monty Python:

      "your mother was a hamster and your father's smells of elder berries"

  2. Re:Tabernacle! by DarrenBaker · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sucer mon aubergines, Québécois chien!

  3. Re:"Won the right to submit offers" by Rogerborg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure, the RFP should have said "Windows Vista, or better".

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  4. Re:"Won the right to submit offers" by value_added · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think it comes more from the fact that a large slice of the public doesn't realize that non-Microsoft operating systems exist.

    Now that they have a chance to learn just that.

    It's entirely possible that the rate of Linux adoption will be faster than elsewhere; not having to grapple with distinctions involving beer metaphors should make things easier. ;-)

  5. Re:For those who aren't bilingual... by Hurricane78 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I’m quadrolingual, you insensitive clod!

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