Stanislav Malyshev wrote on 2003-06-08: > >> Seriously - the "average person in the street" isn't aware about the > >> alternatives. The "standard" costs the tax payers a lot of money and > >> locks out the competition. This is what brought us to the current > >> situation. > > Government decision that all schools should use OpenOffice would also cost > the taxpayers (maybe less) and lock out the competition. The only visible > difference is that "we" win and "they" lose. That's OK, but speaking in > these terms and speaking about public benefit and freedom in the same time > doesn't sit well. > Dan answered well, let me accept your point for the momemt. How about a goverment decisions that schools "must not require the students to use any specific application"? That would be definitely fair, yet under these terms OO wins ;-).
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