Comments on: links for 2008-04-07 http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/08/links-for-2008-04-07/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:55:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dbmoodb http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/08/links-for-2008-04-07/#comment-3163 dbmoodb Mon, 26 May 2008 01:25:12 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/08/links-for-2008-04-07/#comment-3163 Oh and more relevant, i have spoken to a few people in government departments and they do or did when i spoke to them say that open source wasn't supported. To give you an idea, the cms of one of the departments is made by a local company because they offer a customised product from the ground up and offer support. Perhaps there is a need to encourage government spending on open source projects to meet government solutions. There is only so much a programmer can do. The open source industry will really take off when it is talking to the person on the street about what bothers them. Linux / foss is here and ready, people do not have a total solution. It solves 90% of problems but the other 10% might be the deciding factor (support, customization without hiring a programmer). Also, federal government departments will be using it more and more .... due to decreasing budgets. Oh and more relevant, i have spoken to a few people in government departments and they do or did when i spoke to them say that open source wasn’t supported. To give you an idea, the cms of one of the departments is made by a local company because they offer a customised product from the ground up and offer support.

Perhaps there is a need to encourage government spending on open source projects to meet government solutions. There is only so much a programmer can do. The open source industry will really take off when it is talking to the person on the street about what bothers them.

Linux / foss is here and ready, people do not have a total solution. It solves 90% of problems but the other 10% might be the deciding factor (support, customization without hiring a programmer).

Also, federal government departments will be using it more and more …. due to decreasing budgets.

]]> By: dbmoodb http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/08/links-for-2008-04-07/#comment-3162 dbmoodb Mon, 26 May 2008 01:19:40 +0000 http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/08/links-for-2008-04-07/#comment-3162 Wow, so in australia alone the open source industry is worth that much. I suggest microsoft wake up and smell the cookies, you have suggested previously that linux is 1% of the market and it would be stupid for some one to make a product for it like office etc. But you neglected the fact that this 1% is a few hundred million people. --- + all they would have to do is work with the guys at wine (they probably would benefit -- seeing wine can out perform microsoft's own dll / app setup). Wow, so in australia alone the open source industry is worth that much. I suggest microsoft wake up and smell the cookies, you have suggested previously that linux is 1% of the market and it would be stupid for some one to make a product for it like office etc. But you neglected the fact that this 1% is a few hundred million people. — + all they would have to do is work with the guys at wine (they probably would benefit — seeing wine can out perform microsoft’s own dll / app setup).

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