CCAGW Misreads Mass. Policy, Open Standards Generally 534
mhrivnak writes "The Council for
Citizens Against Government Waste made this press
release blasting the Massachusetts policy decision to move to Open Source. They explain why Linux is a 'monopoly,' how this policy is
'socialist' and why 'The old Soviet Union could not have done this any better.' The CCAGW has been previously informed about the benefits of open source software in
government. Tell them what you think!" The CCAGW is at least not completely one-dimensional; the group
is also opposed to mandatory embedded
snoopware.
Maybe they don't realize that conventional
closed-source software
has
big costs worth avoiding.
Maybe they haven't heard... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh crap, now I'm confusing Clue quotes... heh
Monopoly (Score:3, Funny)
Come on, really? (Score:4, Funny)
Wow, good thing they exist! (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah - good thing they didn't have to FIRST pay for the software, and THEN have to pay to upgrade and maintain it. Sheesh. Microsoft would never make you do that...
Re:In Soviet Taxachusetts... (Score:1, Funny)
I work as a civilian for the government, but moving to Linux is a BAD idea in our office.
When a virus/worm hits our LAN, my productivity sky-rockets. I have close to 468 FreeCell games completed on this computer; This is something I can not easily part with. I'm at the 98% percentile regarding this winning streak, a reboot and reinstall would destroy my statistics. Linux is not an option.
Re:Wanna hear a joke? (Score:2, Funny)
Really? Did they say Microsoft was not allowed to bid on providing open-source software?
Most technically inept state? (Score:2, Funny)