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| DATE | 2003-02-09 |
| FROM | From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Claus_S=F8rensen?=
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [Marketing] Re: [novalug] Re: [fairuse] Re: E-Gov-OS conference
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On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Ruben Safir wrote:
> What's wrong with excluding them. Their not relevent to the conference
> and have nothing to contribute.
Microsoft is an important producent for the governments. Most of them have
their current infrastructure running on a Microsoft platform.
Now Microsoft has given the governments the offer to see their source like
the open source software they are afraid the governments will use instead.
Then we have to tell the government representives that this isn't Open
Source or Free Software just because they access to the source code.
And it will be best if the representives can hear Microsoft confirm what
we (the Free Software and Open Source community) are saying about Shared
Source. And at the same time tell them what Microsoft is saying about
GPL and Free Software is not correct.
Most governments would like an infrastructure based on an open standards -
and after this conference they will know that an XML based format is not
the same as an open format.
Tell them again and again about the problems with Shared Source - and then
they will ask Microsoft and be confirmed - knowledge is the way to get the
victory.
The most enjoyable greetings
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Claus Sørensen Befri kontoret med en åben pakke - OpenOffice.org
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