It’s almost two years old, but as silly as ever. Can we have a government dependent on Open Source please, Mr President?
It’s exceptionally silly, even by the standards of Open Sewer FUD, and I particularly enjoyed the following quote:
For these reasons, we urge you to make it mandatory to consider the source of an application solution (open or closed) as part of the government’s technology acquisition process, just as considering accessibility by the handicapped is required today (as defined by section 508).
Not many people in the FOSS world would openly claim that they have the same disabilities and needs as the handicapped … but these Loons do. “X has fallen and it can’t get up!” “Well, the Government feels your pain, and wants to prioritize a solution…”
You may wish to pass the time by clicking on the links and finding out quite how naive/stupid/greedy/self-interested these idiots are.
On the other hand, you may not. Merry Christmas!
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I have a feeling that the root of all of this is that some of the opensource loons think that if they can get the gov’mint involved then they can make big moolah on service contracts and the like, if not switch over to a pay to play model all together… SomeonesGettingRichButItIsntMe?
Indeed. To the point, and added.
Heh… I was bad and posted a desenting viewpoint on the letter. Should I be ashamed? Told them demanding that FOSS be used was nothing more than ideological dogma, or digital religion if you prefer. should i say a few Hail Linusii or what?
It worked so well for Munich, why not kick the United States while they’re down.
“I was bad and posted a desenting viewpoint on the letter.”
Well, You may have, but I could find no trace of it. Did you really expect that the freetards would let it stand?
wickedscribbler said… SomeoneIsGettingRichAndFamousButItIsntMe™
If OSS offers the same—orbetter—usability, security,and value it should be considered for some cases. However, demanding that it be used or having to be taken into account is nothing more thand ideological dogma, or digital religion if you prefer. I, and many others, don’t like the idea of our info, or national secrets being tied into software whose source code is flaaping around in the internet wind waiting for some hacker to come along and look for the inevitable loopholes. December 23, 2010 1:22 PM
Well actually i amend that.. wasn’t on the letter per se. in the comments. What I should have written was that i posted a desenting view in the comments about the letter. Ah well.. it’s a long dead kinda deal, but who knows.. maybe someone else will stumble across it in the future. ;-)
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