On 21/12/2009, at 12:28 PM, Dylan Jay wrote:
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Another take home idea from this: if your government is putting out
tenders that exclude opensource and Plone specifically, creating
waves can get results. Especially if you can link it to jobs going
elsewhere.
My use of the words "creati
I think what it shows is the reason its very very hard selling to
governments. All it takes is one person to kick up a stink like a
bitter vendor and the governments procurement processes become a
politcal issue, fairly or unfairly.
This is why governments avoid taking risks even when its cle
Keep away from this one - you don't want any of it getting on your
shoes. This has nothing to do with Plone being deficient, and
everything to do with would be politicos wanting to seem sensitive by
buying locally.
Anything we could possibly say has already been said by residents of
the community
As a former newspaper brat, I'll just say that this falls far short of
what's needed to prove product libel, so there's no legal standing.
Also, IMHO, this makes Austin look a whole lot worse than Plone. It looks
like a place where the web techs need government assistance.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at
Mark,
What is the best way of us handling this? That article makes some
harsh comments about Plone. If Plone were some large corporate I would
imagine that lawyers would be swinging into action now.
Do we want to publish some kind of official statement in response? Or
privately contact t
