On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Tim Hammerquist wrote: > I don't personally agree that open source should be mandated by any > governing body, political or corporate, if Linux is ever to prove itself > to the world at large.
I think you're missing the point here. Most governments have procurement rules that specify what can be bought and how. I see *nothing* wrong with saying that someone needs to justify spending big taxpayer bucks for commercial software if there's a FOSS solution that will do the job just as well. That's really all this stuff is: a requirement that FOSS be evaluated before plunking down $$$ for commercial solutions. It still needs to compete on its technical merits, so I don't see the problem...unless you're a commercial vendor whose software isn't *better* than the FOSS alternatives. All the rest is FUD. -- The DMCA is anti-consumer. The RIAA has no right to rewrite copyright laws to suit themselves. _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
