I am not sure the save money approach is the right one here. Ultimately
the people making the decisions clearly don't really care too much about
saving cost. I think instead it might be a case of seeing if we can make
this the cool choice.
Simon
On 18/03/13 11:57, solomon alvin kitumba wrote:
cool
On Monday, March 18, 2013, Brian Ssennoga wrote:
This is very a very interesting development. It is Clear that in
the future, even powerful nations see that it makes as much sense
to save 300 USD on a license as it does to ensure that the next
college graduate has enough access to modify the core.
I wonder, have we not sold FOSS enough for LDCs and 3rdWorld
countries to realize the benefits that global powers are chasing
after, OR, can we just not beat the corruption status quo - be it
monetary or conscience?
Brian.
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]
<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>> wrote:
The subject says it all:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/03/16/1642254/uk-government-mandates-preference-for-open-source
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