the proposal is about using open source software in the administration Ok, from further information showing up, I'm starting to be convinced that the proposal is only for within the government, which, of course, is up to the government what it wants to do. Indeed, the requirement for the Government to use open source makes a lot of sense. However, I still get a slight impression that the government may impose a law on French companies as well to use Open Source which is NOT a Good Thing. If you had some clue to what the exterior world is you would know that you are as free in france as anywhere in the US Oh, I thought everyone was forced to live in jails and get whipped daily in France. Silly me.
Where did you get this out of the original post, or do you have another source? One of my prior questions was to what extent are they proposing this...no need for condescension.:) A great deal of the Senator's speech looks like typical political babble to my eyes.
...a proposal within the French Government to require use of Open Source software wherever possible... "Requiring" anyone to use Open Source is as bad as "requiring" anyone to use Microsoft products IMO. The freedom to let people choose which platform, software, etc. fits a particular application is the way to go, not simply assume that people are too stupid to use Open Source when it's warranted and use other software when it's warranted. To what extent are they proposing "requiring" aka "forcing" Open Source software anyway? Government agencies only, the whole country, companies? I couldn't quite get that out of the posted speech. As far as the French government attempting to reach out electronically, I think that's a Good Thing, but just don't make technical decisions for a whole country, the government is lousy at doing so. Just because a lot of us are proponents of Open Source, doesn't mean we, or others, should be required to use it. Be careful what you ask for...
Does anything actually have *that* much music they wanna listen to? Maybe I'm just an indecisive music geek, but when I go out, I have trouble picking which CDs to listen to because I like so much different stuff. I guess I like to listen to different music depending upon the mood I'm in. I don't know what mood I'll be in by the end of the day so I'd like to have all kinds of music with me in nice, neat electronic form to listen to on the way home. It probably is overboard for a lot of people, but some of us (who can't decide whether to listen to Smashing Pumpkins, Chemical Brothers, Frank Sinatra, or Bach) will eat it up!
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the proposal is about using open source software in the administration Ok, from further information showing up, I'm starting to be convinced that the proposal is only for within the government, which, of course, is up to the government what it wants to do. Indeed, the requirement for the Government to use open source makes a lot of sense. However, I still get a slight impression that the government may impose a law on French companies as well to use Open Source which is NOT a Good Thing. If you had some clue to what the exterior world is you would know that you are as free in france as anywhere in the US Oh, I thought everyone was forced to live in jails and get whipped daily in France. Silly me.
Where did you get this out of the original post, or do you have another source? One of my prior questions was to what extent are they proposing this...no need for condescension. :) A great deal of the Senator's speech looks like typical political babble to my eyes.
...a proposal within the French Government to require use of Open Source software wherever possible... "Requiring" anyone to use Open Source is as bad as "requiring" anyone to use Microsoft products IMO. The freedom to let people choose which platform, software, etc. fits a particular application is the way to go, not simply assume that people are too stupid to use Open Source when it's warranted and use other software when it's warranted. To what extent are they proposing "requiring" aka "forcing" Open Source software anyway? Government agencies only, the whole country, companies? I couldn't quite get that out of the posted speech. As far as the French government attempting to reach out electronically, I think that's a Good Thing, but just don't make technical decisions for a whole country, the government is lousy at doing so. Just because a lot of us are proponents of Open Source, doesn't mean we, or others, should be required to use it. Be careful what you ask for...
Music doesn't consist of a major part of my life Bono Vox, bono@vox.org Since when Bono? "Pop" wasn't that bad! :)
Does anything actually have *that* much music they wanna listen to? Maybe I'm just an indecisive music geek, but when I go out, I have trouble picking which CDs to listen to because I like so much different stuff. I guess I like to listen to different music depending upon the mood I'm in. I don't know what mood I'll be in by the end of the day so I'd like to have all kinds of music with me in nice, neat electronic form to listen to on the way home. It probably is overboard for a lot of people, but some of us (who can't decide whether to listen to Smashing Pumpkins, Chemical Brothers, Frank Sinatra, or Bach) will eat it up!