Posts about Open Source Software as of May 26, 2009

Ex-Microsoft Exec, Argues For Open Source – wwj.com He was there and he’s here to tell fortunes for free and open source software as the computing system to run the world in time. (tags: FOSS

vik writes “The latest 3-year, pan-government deal that Microsoft has been establishing with the New Zealand government since 2000 has collapsed, opening the doors to the wider use of open source software in government. The NZ State Services Commission (already a prize-winning user of open source) says in a statement that it ‘…became apparent

CIO has posted an article about a man named Keith Curtis, a previous programmer for Microsoft, who has come out with the dramatic statement that free software will be the downfall of the Redmond company. Curtis, who was with Microsoft for 11 years, believes that free and open source software

May 26th, 2009 Posted by Christopher Dawson @ 2:35 pmCategories:Education TechnologyTags:Ubuntu, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Desktops, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Christopher DawsonSo I love Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the Classmate. Not really a surprise since regular readers will know that I really like the Classmate

Linux Journal looks into open source software use by the City of Vancouver … implementing Open Source. “

City of Vancouver embraces open data, standards and source , CBC News , May 22, 2009. (Thanks to Michael Geist .) See also our past post . Vancouver city council has endorsed the principles of making its data open and accessible to everyone where possible, adopting open standards for that data and considering open source software

p2pnet news Politics | Open Source:- The city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, has taken a major step forward in the digital 21st-century … -source software, open standards and open data” in the city’s bureaucracy and operations, says Georgia Straight . Read the original post: Vancouver moves toward open source

May 26th, 2009 | by Linux W | vik writes “The latest 3-year, … 2000 has collapsed, opening the doors to the wider use of open source software in government. The NZ State Services Commission (already a prize-winning user of open source) says in a statement that it ‘…

Bill Gates once derided open source advocates with the worst epithet a capitalist can muster … on destroying the monopolistic incentive that helps support the American dream. Gates was wrong: Open source zealots are more likely to be libertarians than commie pinkos. Yet there is some truth

Bill Gates once derided open source advocates with the worst epithet a capitalist can muster … on destroying the monopolistic incentive that helps support the American dream. Gates was wrong: Open source zealots are more likely to be libertarians than commie pinkos. Yet there is some truth