On Friday 17 May 2002 21:47, you wrote:
> On Friday 17 May 2002 07:20 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> > On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 15:02, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> > > Lyvim, what makes you think the American government is so special ?
> > >
> > > Kaj Haulrich
> > > Denmark
> >
> > There's no intimation here that this is an isolated case, Kaj. I just
> > don't have any comprehensive data on other government's right or wrong
> > doings.
> >
> > LX
>
> Lyvim, I can assure you that the danish government is no better, if that
> can comfort you. It is "owned" by Micro$oft. However, let's not get too
> depressed. By and by things seems to develop :
>
> In France there's a strong movement towards open-source, i.e. the french
> government has proposed just that to the European Union. We'll see....
>
> In Germany, the parliament ("Bundestag") recently moved from Bonn to
> Berlin. The new building (in fact : the old one) needed an IT-system, so
> the parliament initiated a feasability-study : Micro$oft / Open Source.
> We'll see...
>
> In Norway (who somehow always seems a little smarter than Denmark) Linux
> has a good stronghold : think of Qt (TrollTech) and Opera. Both are
> commercial companies that Micro$oft hasn't been able to crush. Yet ...?
>
> And don't forget : corporations mightier than any nation-state use Linux
> (Shell, BP, General Motors, Toyota etc.. etc...).
>
> Cheers !
>
> Kaj Haulrich
> Denmark
MMMM,
Correct me if I'm wrong BUT isn't my Government (especially Phoney Blair)
toadying up to Gates after the offer of assistance of subsidised computers
with M$ as the OS in British schools???
Hadn't ever linked the two till following this thread...
Hold my hand someone, I'm scared.
--
Derek
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