On 02/24/2010 09:06 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote:
If you charge in there like a zealot, you'll hurt the cause, not help
it.
This was pretty much the strategy last time - get a bill sponsored and
try to get it passed mandating it. State IT opposed it and it got
marked 'inexpedient to
I have created an opinion piece in my blog at the Linux Pro Magzine
site that addresses the actions of the United States Trade
Representative in placing Indonesia, Brazil and India on the 301 Watch
List because those countries advocate use of FOSS:
The link is here:
Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org writes:
Ben, Tom, et. al.,
Thank you for the kind words.
I meant it when I said:
I hope I have partially answered your question. There is actually a
lot more to this, but I am tired tonight.
and I do intend on writing more about itand then
The only `issue' I have in reading your response is where you write:
Who loses in a true FOSS environment? The investors.
Jason, I really do not want to start a discussion of capitalism here,
but I do want to answer your question.
I will be more careful in the upcoming document addressing
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org wrote:
I hope I have partially answered your question. There is actually a lot
more to this, but I am tired tonight.
Excellent sunopsis as we'd expect from you :-)
But remember two things:
o FOSS favors the common person
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org wrote:
Very simple. Proprietary software is ...
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Bravo! Well said! Very well thought-out and well-written piece.
You articulated several things I've long had brewing in my
subconscious, and explored some more
Of interest...
When using open source makes you an enemy of the state
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/feb/23/opensource-intellectual-property
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.net wrote:
I'm writing an opinion piece for the Concord Monitor.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3911/125/
Apparently, Canada is an enemy, too.
When they put Massachusetts on the list, I'm hiding.
-Original Message-
From: Seth Cohn sethc...@gnuhampshire.org
Of interest...
When using open source makes you an enemy of the state
Seth Cohn sethc...@gnuhampshire.org writes:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.net
wrote:
I'm writing an opinion piece for the Concord Monitor.
Title: All NH taxpayer-supported computers and systems should run
open-source software.
I need examples
Piffle.
From that article:
I know open source has a tendency to be linked to socialist
ideals, but I also think it's an example of the free market in
action.
The US Department of Defense appears to agree with the author, cf.:
We need to check to see if the People's Republik of Cambridge is on the
list.
On 02/24/2010 04:12 PM, Susan Cragin wrote:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3911/125/
Apparently, Canada is an enemy, too.
When they put Massachusetts on the list, I'm hiding.
-Original Message-
Yes, we know that it is crap and we know that FOSS is commercial
software, but the enemies of FOSS (and this includes free information)
have lots of money, hire lots of lobbyists, who takes lots of people to
dinner and whisper things in their ear.
It all sounds on the up-and-up. The Business
Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org writes:
Yes, we know that it is crap and we know that FOSS is commercial
software, but the enemies of FOSS (and this includes free information)
have lots of money, hire lots of lobbyists, who takes lots of people to
dinner and whisper things in their ear.
Man.
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
roz...@geekspace.com wrote:
The US Department of Defense appears to agree with the author [accepting Open
Source]
Keep in mind that the US DoD is a huge organization -- one of the
biggest in human history. Some factions love FOSS and hate
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.net wrote:
... the National Security Agency, uses Linux and only Linux ...
That's flat-out wrong. Heck, their *web site* runs IIS 6.0. With
respect, please check your facts before petitioning the NH government.
If you
Man. If FOSS is so great, how come *we* don't have all of that money
to do all of those things?
Very simple. Proprietary software is written for investors by
non-users. FOSS, for the most part, is written by the customers for
the customers.
FOSS is written by the people that have the itch
I'm writing an opinion piece for the Concord Monitor.
Title: All NH taxpayer-supported computers and systems should run open-source
software.
I need examples of municipalities, states, and so on, that have switched to
open-source successfully, and what they use.
Did you use Drupal to put
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.net wrote:
Title: All NH taxpayer-supported computers and systems should run
open-source software.
You asked for opinions. My opinion would be that *I* would prefer
that stated along the lines of All NH government IT
P.S.:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:
... consider Open Source software a via option, to be evaluated in all
cases ...
s/software a via option/software a viable option/
(I would also recommend using the correct words, something I
sometimes have
, gave a
presentation about the LTSP deployment.
Hope this helps.
Mark
From: Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.net
To: Ubuntu-NH ubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:06:28 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: I'm writing an opinion piece for the Concord Monitor -- care to
weigh
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.netwrote:
The Concord Monitor has in the past given my articles good exposure, the
state is desperate to cut costs, and this could be a good thing for
open-source.
The state employs several dozen programmers and the
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