http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/ WorksWithU is the independent guide to Ubuntu Linux Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3182 F. Fellini Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:12:46 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/#comment-3182 Its coming to a point when all this Microsoft licensing sounds like extortion. It's like the kind of insurance policy you need to pay the neighborhood hoodlum to keep your kneecaps from accidentally running into a baseball bat. ugm6hr, in the public court of opinion that kind of licensing sounds anti-competitive. Then I wish that more people get exposed to Linux through government adoption. Its coming to a point when all this Microsoft licensing sounds like extortion. It’s like the kind of insurance policy you need to pay the neighborhood hoodlum to keep your kneecaps from accidentally running into a baseball bat. ugm6hr, in the public court of opinion that kind of licensing sounds anti-competitive. Then I wish that more people get exposed to Linux through government adoption.

]]> http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3157 Wesley Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:42:41 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/#comment-3157 ugm6hr: I'm not for sure how the license work here but I suspect it is probably the same. It is encouraging to see some governments see the benefit of open source. Hopefully that trend will continue. ugm6hr: I’m not for sure how the license work here but I suspect it is probably the same. It is encouraging to see some governments see the benefit of open source. Hopefully that trend will continue.

]]> http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3148 ugm6hr Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:19:24 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/#comment-3148 @Wesley: MS also has an educational contract that allows schools XP licenses at low cost, provided that they pay for a license on every single computer in the school. Hence, even if they had installed Ubuntu, they would have been bound by the contract to pay for XP. Certainly, this is how schools generally acquire their Windows OS in the UK. Since the advent of Vista, this has caused problems; since schools are now finding they either have to upgrade all hardware at the same time to meet Vista's requirements, or have a mixed deployment of Vista / XP. I am sure other publicly run departments have had similar issues. Hopefully, the UK government's stance will have more effect than BECTA's prior positive review of FOSS (which had no effect at all). @Wesley:
MS also has an educational contract that allows schools XP licenses at low cost, provided that they pay for a license on every single computer in the school. Hence, even if they had installed Ubuntu, they would have been bound by the contract to pay for XP. Certainly, this is how schools generally acquire their Windows OS in the UK. Since the advent of Vista, this has caused problems; since schools are now finding they either have to upgrade all hardware at the same time to meet Vista’s requirements, or have a mixed deployment of Vista / XP. I am sure other publicly run departments have had similar issues. Hopefully, the UK government’s stance will have more effect than BECTA’s prior positive review of FOSS (which had no effect at all).

]]> http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3146 Vadim P. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:40:29 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/#comment-3146 @Wesley: some don't know. Some have windows fans as admins. Others lack linux expertise to deploy them. @Wesley: some don’t know. Some have windows fans as admins. Others lack linux expertise to deploy them.

]]> http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Wesley Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:49:01 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/#comment-3145 I have often wondered why in the US, more schools at least don't use open source projects. Our local district just received come old computers, and what did they do they took the free computers and went and paid for XP licenses on those old computers. A real waste of money when Ubuntu would have more than done the job. I have often wondered why in the US, more schools at least don’t use open source projects. Our local district just received come old computers, and what did they do they took the free computers and went and paid for XP licenses on those old computers. A real waste of money when Ubuntu would have more than done the job.

]]> http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 Zac Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:33:07 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2009/03/02/governments-starting-to-vote-for-ubuntu-linux/#comment-3144 Go Ubuntu Go! Go Ubuntu Go!

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