__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 04 August 2006 19:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:07:36 +0100
> <1395295.eg1VrQ0QL8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 04 August 2006 16:00 \__
>>
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote
>>> on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:18:08 +0100
>>> <10150228.A02QatARue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> OSS moving into government
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Open source software will become increasingly important for
>>>> | governments around the world Gartner analyst Andrea DiMaio said
>>>> | yesterday. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium in Cape Town, DiMaio
>>>> | said motivations like reducing fixed-term licence fees and developing
>>>> | local ICT industries were among the most important drivers for most
>>>> | governments to switch to open source software. "There is also the
>>>> | perception that in the wake of anti-trust action against Microsoft
>>>> | that perhaps the 'beast' is fragile," said DiMaio.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1085
>>>>
>>>> How tables turn. SCO used to create a perception that /Linux/ was
>>>> fragile. Now it's Microsoft which is fragile.
>>>
>>> A quibble: SCO *attempted* to create a perception --
>>> and failed miserably. :-)
>>
>> True. But what about the three years of uncertainty that loomed over? And
>> some of the claims are still hanging in the air (albeit SCO have stooped
>> very low... claiming that IBM concealed key evidence and cloaked all
>> wrongdoing).
>
> Heh...good luck to SCO proving that one. IBM must be laughing their
> heads off -- or the lawyerly equivalent thereof. ;-)
More like I-anal (I am not a lawyer). They laugh their arses off!
best wishes,
Roy
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