From Yahoo! News
Massachusetts the last state still in court suing Micro$oft over antitrust violations has taken that all important step.
Open Source.
As many local and state governments are looking for ways to cut budgets and save some serious cash, Linux and Open Source is looking more ideal.
" Kriss said the state's decision was driven by a desire to reduce licensing fees but also "by a philosophy that what the state has is a public good and should be open to all," Kriss told The Associated Press. He characterized the decision as the "most visible concrete action by a state government" to move toward open standards."
Let's take a look at this, your IT folks have 100% access to the code your systems are running. It's monumentally cheaper than closed source products and it's far more reliable.
Makes sense to this geek. However the following from the article was no surprise to me.
" A Microsoft spokesman had no immediate comment."
Sometimes silence speaks volumes.
Posted by Muddy at September 28, 2003 09:04 AM | TrackBack