On Wednesday 16 February 2005 11:53, M.Schild wrote: > > Thirdly, the present Patent issue is just "delayed", not > > removed. � No matter what the various parliaments (including > > the EU Parliament) decides, the Politburo doesn't care one bit. > > Microsoft, Siemens, Nokia etc.. �still "owns" the Commissars, > > the Eurocrats and �politicians. > > Yes but parts of Spain have already moved to Linux. The french > administration is getting Linux severs. Several large towns in > Germany use Linux ( Munich and/orBerlin I think) > Will these people be ready to go the Gates way? > Maryse
Well, I know that the Extramadura region, the City of Munich, the City of Bergen and maybe Vienna has moved. On the other hand, the City of Paris, the City of Newham and the entire British National Health Service caved in to Microsoft's "offers they couldn't refuse". Don't know about the French administration, though. But the problem isn't Linux vs. Microsoft. It's about standards and patents. When the EU Politburo allows software patents Microsoft will be able to dictate how the public administration communicates with citizens : only closed, proprietary protocols will be allowed, forcing all of us to pay the Microsoft tax. And bye-bye to software development : can you name me just one invention (aside from FUD) made by Microsoft ? There's an excellent article by RMS here : http://news.com.com/Bill+Gates+and+other+communists/2010-1071_3-5576230.html?tag=nefd.ac Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8*
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