__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 12 April 2007 11:34 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Sofia, Bulgaria: FLOSSWorld Workshop on Free and Open Source Software
>> Policy
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>>| Professor Ivan Evgueniev at the Technical University of Sofia presented
>>| the FP6 Open Trusted Computing project, professor Vencislav Trifonov
>>| also at the Technical University of Sofia presented their e-learning
>>| system, Mircho Mirev elaborated the activities of the Bulgarian free
>>| and open source software community through the Linux for Bulgarians
>>| portal with over 5.000 hits per day.
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>> http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/877/4/lang,en/
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>> Many European nations have woken up recently.
>
> It really is a no brainer; why pay licensing fees when you do not need
> to? Particularly if you'd like to reduce your taxes or at least get
> better value for them.
The government are a classic case in nations like Romania and Thailand
because while most of the country uses pirated software, the government
complies with the law and pays. The /public/ pays, through taxation.
Vietnam is to pay billions of dollars for software copyrights
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| If office software such as Windows and Office is used, the total
| amount for 6 million PCs will be 3 billion USD (600 million x 500 USD).
| And the government may have to pay about 1 billion USD to buy
| software copyrights for its 2 million employees.
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http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/02/667146/
It's down to the government. Get your act together, for your country, not for
Bill 'the philanthropist' and his proxies in your country.
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