Martin-Éric Racine a écrit : > On Fri, November 11, 2005 10:48, Vincent Untz said: > > >> Speaking to the students might help, but convincing the administrations >> of the universities is really what we should aim for. This is where the >> decisions are taken and where a simple change might have a great impact. >> > > The problem is not universities as much as the software procurement model > of the public sector: purchase orders must fit budget and feature > constraints and explicitely provide multiple suppliers with a chance to > place competing bids on the exact same target product. > Precisely. However, where you see a problem I see the opportunity to work with local providers of commercial support to do exactly the same - change the word "product" in your sentence for "services", except they're (mostly or completely) based on free computing solutions (free software, free formats, patents-free, etc.). I believe the change has to be in the procurement *requirements*, not as much in the model which as you describe is there to stay.
Will elaborate on this later, have to run ;) F. -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
