[MLUG] Savoir-faire Linux has filed a motion for a declaratory judgment against the government of Québec.

[Leslie Satenstein]

Henry, I agree with you but...

Over the course of years, corps, government included, have purchased software tailored for XP and often, for MS-Office and it's incarnations.

If Wine can really be a great emulator of the application side of XP, as it is tending to become, then Linux has a chance. Otherwise, newer applications, geared to XP/Vista and Office will prevent the latter's replacements.

Leslie


Henry Olders <henry.olders at mcgill.ca> wrote: 
On 18-Mar-08, at 16:59, Fabian Rodrigeuz wrote:

> Yanick Cyr wrote:
>> Press release from Savoir-faire Linux
>>
>> Awarding of Public Contracts in Quebec.
>>
>> Savoir-faire Linux has filed a motion for a declaratory judgment
>> against the government of Québec.
>>
> I' ve digged my blog post about it:
> http://digg.com/microsoft/Quebec_government_challenged_about_illegal_upgrade_to_Vista

Seems to me that bodies that spend public funds, whether governments,  
school boards, or other, have a fiduciary responsibility to purchase  
open source software, where available. Proprietary software is by  
definition sole source, and if the company that has the source code  
goes out of business, the software can no longer be repaired, for  
example if it breaks after an OS or hardware update. Unrepairable  
software has to be replaced, meaning that the entire initial  
investment will have to be spent again.

Henry
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