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opensource funeral? you wish!
Jul. 3rd, 2007 02:25 pmOn the face of it, open-source software has been gaining ground of late. The much-anticipated draft of GNU GPLv3 (GNU General Public License Version 3) has been finally published, giving the open-source community an opportunity to finally get out of its own way.
and what precisely is "it's own way"?
State and local governments have latched onto the idea that having their documents hostage to a single vendor, no matter how well-intentioned, might not be such a good idea.
wonder who's brilliant idea that was:(
Dell recently jumped on the Linux bandwagon and is offering Ubuntu on its PCs.
with an indian support? is it free?
And Microsoft's attempt to have its partly-proprietary OOXML (Office Open XML) format rubber-stamped by a friendly standards body hasn't gone as smoothly as expected.
aha! for open-source it's "gaining ground of late" and for micro&soft it's "hasn't gone as smoothly as expected". how lovely...
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts... broke important ground by mandating that state agencies switch to open-source platforms. There's just one problem: They can't seem to manage the transition.
what's the matter? an army of offshore programmers can't manage the transition? hire local software engineers, for a change. damn, you are the massachusetts with the best schools ever!
Sources close to the situation tell me that former state CIO Peter Quinn's resignation happened at least in part because of delaying tactics by vendors who publicly support open source but do their best to scuttle it behind the scenes.
absolutely adore that "close source"... "open source" is not equivalent to " vendors' public solution".
Beyond Massachusetts, the open-source bills introduced in Minnesota, Texas and the like are stagnant or dead.
well, dead it is. what open source has to do with it?
One of the hiccups is that open-source software isn't very good at reading documents written using proprietary software.
what "open-source software"? define "reading". list "proprietary software"...
The state of California is currently testing a new plug-in; if that fails to impress, open source may be dead in California, too.
plug-in to what??? does "testing" in this case means "evaluating"?
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the rest
... oh, yeeeeas! one last thing..
... Dell offers Ubuntu on personal computers, it still refuses to sell pre-installed Linux on PCs for business use.
and what exactly is wrong with this refuse? isn't it for "business use"?
and what precisely is "it's own way"?
State and local governments have latched onto the idea that having their documents hostage to a single vendor, no matter how well-intentioned, might not be such a good idea.
wonder who's brilliant idea that was:(
Dell recently jumped on the Linux bandwagon and is offering Ubuntu on its PCs.
with an indian support? is it free?
And Microsoft's attempt to have its partly-proprietary OOXML (Office Open XML) format rubber-stamped by a friendly standards body hasn't gone as smoothly as expected.
aha! for open-source it's "gaining ground of late" and for micro&soft it's "hasn't gone as smoothly as expected". how lovely...
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts... broke important ground by mandating that state agencies switch to open-source platforms. There's just one problem: They can't seem to manage the transition.
what's the matter? an army of offshore programmers can't manage the transition? hire local software engineers, for a change. damn, you are the massachusetts with the best schools ever!
Sources close to the situation tell me that former state CIO Peter Quinn's resignation happened at least in part because of delaying tactics by vendors who publicly support open source but do their best to scuttle it behind the scenes.
absolutely adore that "close source"... "open source" is not equivalent to " vendors' public solution".
Beyond Massachusetts, the open-source bills introduced in Minnesota, Texas and the like are stagnant or dead.
well, dead it is. what open source has to do with it?
One of the hiccups is that open-source software isn't very good at reading documents written using proprietary software.
what "open-source software"? define "reading". list "proprietary software"...
The state of California is currently testing a new plug-in; if that fails to impress, open source may be dead in California, too.
plug-in to what??? does "testing" in this case means "evaluating"?
...
the rest
... oh, yeeeeas! one last thing..
... Dell offers Ubuntu on personal computers, it still refuses to sell pre-installed Linux on PCs for business use.
and what exactly is wrong with this refuse? isn't it for "business use"?