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Opinion on Brazil making Open Source mandatory in governmentOpinion on Brazil making Open Source mandatory in governmentPosted Jun 14, 2003 1:17 UTC (Sat) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)Parent article: Opinion on Brazil making Open Source mandatory in government One serious problem with trying to use Opensource software in this type of environment is that managers tend to want to do the 'safe' thing and get something they know (the whole 'nobody ever got fired for buying ___' argument) even in an officially level playing field this sort of attitude will result in a lot of propriatary software being purchased when there is no need for it. As a result mandating special consideration for Opensource software is a valid short-term approach. at the risk of hitting eople's hot button, the situation is similar to racial tensions in the US in the 1950' and 1960's, even when the law stated that there was no different treatment for different races, practice proved that there was, at the time implementing Quotas got the ball rolling, nowdays people augue that quotas have outlived their need and are now causing more problems then they solve and quotas are being scaled back. in the same way in many situations Opensource software needs an 'unfair' advantage in the short term, even though in the long run such policies will need to be eliminated
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