Nations pass laws to promot the use if open source where ever possible.

[Adul]

Open source

Microsoft can not be liking this one bit.

I better speed up my learning of linux.

 

[eakers]

interesting article.

its crazy ive never thought about how much money governments must spend on software alone.

its funny how microsoft says its "unamerican"

*kat. <--

 

[Adul]

Yes it is, actually quite amusing.

 

[DAM]

unfortunatly the pricing for software is sky high, it has come to this, i only hope that it actually sticks and people begin the migration to linux.




dam()

 

[yakko]

Well that sucks.

 

[GreenBeret]

That is bullshit. That is basically forcing people to surrender intellectual rights to software. If a company exercised such pressure, it would be illegal.

 

[Ameesh]

open source is like communisim, nice idea but people dont do something for nothing, money makes the world go round and open source has no money.

 

[xaigi]

At least somebody's government is trying to save some money.

BTW: greenberet & ameesh are FOS

 

[bot2600]

I like the idea, but who do you call with a support issue if you use free/open source software? Do you just have to pray?

Bot

 

[notfred]

<< I like the idea, but who do you call with a support issue if you use free/open source software? Do you just have to pray?

Bot >>



Just because software is opensource doesnt mean they dont offer tech support. Ever hear of Redhat?

 

[Lemondrop]

Just drop a line to a Senator , they can fix your tech issue with no problems .... NOT

 

[piku]

<< Just because software is opensource doesnt mean they dont offer tech support. Ever hear of Redhat? >>


Yeah, but people aren't going to work the phones for their health, they are going to require a paycheck. And how will Red Hat offset that cost? Thats right, they will have to charge for their software. So now we are back to square one.

 

[xaigi]

Yeah, but people aren't going to work the phones for their health, they are going to require a paycheck. And how will Red Hat offset that cost? Thats right, they will have to charge for their software. So now we are back to square one.


IF you need tech support, you can (in order):

1) Visit linuxdoc.org or the equivalent for the piece of software that you are using
2) Search google
3) Post a question somewhere
4) Call redhat or some other such company and pay them to solve your problem.

Even if you have to fall back to #4, you

1) Will have saved time & money by using software that is far less buggy than the closed-source standard.

2) Will pay less than you would have for the closed-source software

Also: Have you ever tried to get tech support for windows? Whats the first thing that you hear when you pick up the phone? "REFORMAT, REINSTALL".