[opensuse-project] Mandriva still kicking
recent rumors were that Mandriva was broke and in danger of folding.. this 7 July 2010 Mandriva press release has a different view and outlines the group "is a technological pioneer offering the sole independent Linux distribution on the European market." see: 'Mandriva is alive! | TuxRadar Linux' (http://www.tuxradar.com/content/mandriva-alive) i offer it here as a potential discussion on how oS might (or maybe should/should not) play in helping the EU (and most all other governmental bodies) break the current lock-in to proprietary software but *not* settle on _one_ name brand open source replacement (thereby risking jumping from one master to another).. and, just mention that we (in openSUSE) might do ourselves smart by prodding (if that is possible) suse.de to learn what we might do to better position oS/SLE_ to have a huge slice of that europa pie/apple strudel.. [final: in the past month there have been posts here (? or in the forum) about how "SUSE" outta get busy in Brazil because the gov there has money to spend on alternative open source solutions.. i offer these thoughts as _possible_ ideas to consider while the strategy forward remains to be finalized..] DenverD -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
DenverD wrote:
i offer it here as a potential discussion on how oS might (or maybe should/should not) play in helping the EU (and most all other governmental bodies) break the current lock-in to proprietary software but *not* settle on _one_ name brand open source replacement (thereby risking jumping from one master to another)..
Linux has already been making progress in local government - there are plenty of examples across Europe, although far from all well known. For instance - Kanton Solothurn decided back in 2001 to migrate to opensource/Linux. They're not done yet, and of course they've had all kinds of issues and criticism along the way. My gut feeling is that there is little we can do to further encourage any company, institution or office to switch to Linux. Today, it's mostly about politics, convincing the right people and having the right resources. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (22.1°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:34:11 +0200, Per Jessen
My gut feeling is that there is little we can do to further encourage any company, institution or office to switch to Linux. Today, it's mostly about politics, convincing the right people and having the right resources.
You need real heavy lobbying for those things and that is IMO nothing the openSUSE community can do. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:34:11 +0200, Per Jessen
wrote: My gut feeling is that there is little we can do to further encourage any company, institution or office to switch to Linux. Today, it's mostly about politics, convincing the right people and having the right resources.
You need real heavy lobbying for those things and that is IMO nothing the openSUSE community can do.
Exactly. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (25.2°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
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