Advocating Open Source locally is fine, however...
TripleII | 10/13/08
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Good position
hamobu | 10/13/08
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Still, if you use closed source, you might be stuck if you need to add
DonnieBoy | 10/13/08
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Not so, that's the point.
TripleII | 10/13/08
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You can't replace vendors with a poof
hamobu | 10/13/08
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Agreed.
TripleII | 10/13/08
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No, you can NOT change vendors very easily at all. The standards are only
DonnieBoy | 10/13/08
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Open Standards vs. Open Source
dragosani | 10/13/08
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Yes. Anecdote enclosed.
TripleII | 10/13/08
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That assumes that you know everything you want to support up front and can
DonnieBoy | 10/13/08
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?
dragosani | 10/13/08
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Swiching between proprietary source is expensive.
hamobu | 10/13/08
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I don't think so
dragosani | 10/13/08
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It is a matter of degree
hamobu | 10/13/08
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RE: I don't think so
richdave | 10/13/08
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NO, standards allows you to interoperate, but, rarely defines things down
DonnieBoy | 10/13/08
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Interesting but wrong opinion
hamobu | 10/13/08
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Reveling in wrongness
John Carroll  | 10/13/08
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I will take your wrongness head on and double up on my stubbornness
hamobu | 10/14/08
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Microsoft does own "the concept of an operating system"...
Anton Philidor | 10/14/08
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Also countries have to consider more than just economics
hamobu | 10/13/08
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Protectionism
John Carroll | 10/13/08
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keep your eyes on the ball.
hamobu | 10/14/08
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Re:Protectionism
Thempleton | 10/14/08
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You have some strange ideas...
lord_alan | 10/13/08
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Kittens make crunchy snacks
John Carroll | 10/13/08
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Another point: Standardization across government saves money
hamobu | 10/13/08
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Re: another point
John Carroll | 10/13/08
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Re: another point
hamobu | 10/14/08
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Preventing specific companies from selling in a market...
Anton Philidor | 10/14/08
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Two implicit errors in your post
hamobu | 10/14/08
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Government is a market.
Anton Philidor | 10/14/08
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Government is just a large customer, not an entire market
hamobu | 10/14/08
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More than one government...
Anton Philidor | 10/14/08
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but again, why be disorganized...
hamobu | 10/14/08
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Only one answer?
Anton Philidor | 10/14/08
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Point you keep missing: Whole is more than sum of parts
hamobu | 10/14/08
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Functionality and price
Anton Philidor | 10/15/08
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Wrong Analogy
mikefarinha | 10/15/08
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Hmm. There's the 'P' word again. Keeps turning up.
no_zd_user_name | 10/13/08
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Because 'P' words are cool?
John Carroll | 10/13/08
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Oops
John Carroll | 10/13/08
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Reverse discrimination was used to establish equality in the US workforce,
softwareFlunky | 10/14/08
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Terminology
Anton Philidor | 10/14/08
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They are protecting their information, not open source
rarsa | 10/14/08
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In 100 years...
Anton Philidor | 10/14/08
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You got it backwards
hamobu | 10/14/08
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Once true.
Anton Philidor | 10/14/08
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still some hurdles remain
hamobu | 10/14/08
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RE: Open source protectionism?
Update victim | 10/14/08
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And more popular than the gouging of taxpayers money to non-local economy.
fr0thy2 | 10/14/08
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RE: Open source protectionism?
Quebec-french | 10/14/08
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RE: Capitalism VS. Open Source
Red_Beard | 10/15/08
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(Offtopic) Congrats John
John Le'Brecage | 10/16/08
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Prorietary software holding customers hostage
PlanBForOpenOffice | 02/20/09
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