Re: [tdf-discuss] German Foreign Office is dropping only open source software policy

2011-05-14 Thread Ian Lynch
> > Also the guidance was poor and the apps did not get updated for years. So > the endusers in the diplomatic services > got displeased more and more, but the responsible persons in > the administration choose the wrong way out. > This is the short version, you can read a bit more at the H : > >

Re: [tdf-discuss] German Foreign Office is dropping only open source software policy

2011-05-13 Thread Friedrich Strohmaier
Hi plino, *, plino schrieb: > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/227849/open_source_advocates_angry_at_german_govt_decision.html > This isn't even about OpenOffice vs LibreOffice... It's about Closed > Source vs Open Source right.. > TBH I think it was a bad move to change radicall

Re: [tdf-discuss] German Foreign Office is dropping only open source software policy

2011-05-13 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi, 2011/5/13 plino : > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/227849/open_source_advocates_angry_at_german_govt_decision.html > > This isn't even about OpenOffice vs LibreOffice... It's about Closed Source > vs Open Source > > TBH I think it was a bad move to change radically if you have e

Re: [tdf-discuss] German Foreign Office is dropping only open source software policy

2011-05-13 Thread Olav Dahlum
On 13/05/11 20:02, plino wrote: > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/227849/open_source_advocates_angry_at_german_govt_decision.html > > This isn't even about OpenOffice vs LibreOffice... It's about Closed Source > vs Open Source > > TBH I think it was a bad move to change radically if

[tdf-discuss] German Foreign Office is dropping only open source software policy

2011-05-13 Thread plino
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/227849/open_source_advocates_angry_at_german_govt_decision.html This isn't even about OpenOffice vs LibreOffice... It's about Closed Source vs Open Source TBH I think it was a bad move to change radically if you have experienced and productive users t