2007/7/12, mongolito404 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > thank you for taking the time to represent us :)
indeed > > > structural solution that could rapidly help the NPOs obtaining an > > > appropriate and efficient operational environment. I did not look for > > > THE solution, but to A solution, most particularly taking into account > > > the speed of deployment of any solution as well as the final > > > objective. this solution is not independent > > > The primary short term issue to be addressed was the affordability of > > > professional IT software and hardware while preserving continuity of > > > existing environments. this is a very strong demand that does not apply to many oraganization that had no IT before, and to me that goes well beyond the first objective. > > > Since July 2006, the project has been extended to Non Profit Sector > > > (NPOs with a clear social aim). In this wider context we received the > > > support of the King Baudouin Foundation. You will easily understand > > > that our mission, scope and priorities have been thoroughly discussed > > > with the Foundation. Some of you intend to contact the Foundation - > > > feel free to do so if you believe it appropriate. how does he know ? We could do it with them before as suggested. > > > Vis-à-vis the Open Source products, our position has been that these > > > solutions were quite well known and had a wide web coverage already, > > > so we choose not devoting our scarce resources, mostly volunteers, to > > > address already solved problems and rather concentrated our efforts on > > > what was unresolved so far, i.e. getting donated products from vendors > > > on behalf of the NGO community. I do not believe in this. Microsoft products have a much wider coverage, and advertising today than free software. > > > We hardly saw what added value we might have in distributing Open > > > Source products at this stage, but on this point we certainly would > > > appreciate your views. propose choice and tools that do not link the users to proprietary vendors that look for later ways to keep these users captives. > This is a key point for us, as we cannot simply > > > advertise a product without a significant added value in the process; > > > else we would have to publish a list of any available product to treat > > > them in an even way. > > > We also declined to advertise several product offerings based on open > > > source, but with proprietary layers which are bundled with support > > > contracts: taken as a whole these offers were far from open because > > > they actually made the buyer captive of a single supplier for any > > > maintenance and support. > > > But in any case, the choice of the solution (Open Source or not, > > > Supplier X or Y) rests and should rest with the NPO itself, it is not > > > our mission to influence this choice in any way – we only eliminate > > > some financial constraints out of such a selection process so that the > > > NPO decision can be based on sheer technical, benefits, or strategic > > > considerations from their own perspective. by proposing only one toolset, they do not really give the choice to the users IMHO > > > I hope that this brief update sheds some light on our mission and code > > > of conduct. some. I just gave some ideas of an answer, and I am really persuaded that we need to find a proposition to socialware that can align with this mail. I would with pleasure help and contribute to this in september Thanks, Nicolas -- Nicolas Pettiaux - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Utiliser des formats ouverts et des logiciels libres - http://www.passeralinux.org. Pour la bureautique, les seuls formats ISO sont ceux de http://fr.openoffice.org -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
