Massachusetts Wants to Use Linux-Type Systems (AP)

Posted Sep 26, 2003 18:02 UTC (Fri) by null (guest, #5786)
Parent article: Massachusetts Wants to Use Linux-Type Systems (AP)

On a side note, @stake is located in Boston and I have lost almost all respect for them. That said, we'll see how this thing plays out. I've lived in Mass. all 21 years of my life and things rarely turn out as announced. While the state makes some nice points about openness, the real issue is $$. Mass. is in kind of a sorry state and those MS licenses are very expensive. With cuts to school budgets etc... this year one has to wonder if Microsoft is done lobbying here... I think when they see the press, they'll probably send Balmer over with clam chowder and lobster to get some support.

-sb

Cambridge, MA (MIT) - Birthplace of Open Source

Posted Sep 26, 2003 19:08 UTC (Fri) by lnxusr73 (guest, #15468) [Link] (2 responses)

It would be nice to see Massachusetts make this kind of move, after all they're home to such open source innovators as Richard Stallman the founder of GNU and friends.

Cambridge, MA (MIT) - Birthplace of Open Source

Posted Sep 26, 2003 20:30 UTC (Fri) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link] (1 responses)

"OpenSource" was born in Palo Atlo, California, Stallman and FSF do Free Software.

You acknowledge that he has been an innovator, but he would rightly take offense to you calling his work Open Source.

Open Source promotes the idea that software is developed better when the code is open. This is often true, but when a technicaly superior proprietary alternative comes along, people see no reason not to switch.

Free Software is about spreading freedom.

Ciaran O'Riordan

Cambridge, MA (MIT) - Birthplace of Open Source

Posted Sep 27, 2003 12:17 UTC (Sat) by zenaan (guest, #3778) [Link]

Ciaran, it's a pleasure to read your consistent responses.

Here's to Freedom!

Regards
Zen