[NTLUG:Discuss] Politics & Open Source in TX

[Steve Baker]

Rev. wRy wrote:
> Shamelessly stolen from /.:
> 
> "The Texas Legislature now has before it a bill submitted by State
> Senator John Carona, to require the state to consider open source and
> open standards as part of the acquisition of software. Texas, like many
> other states, has a budget crisis going on. If this passes, I believe it
> could help the state save a lot of money. Texans need to make sure their
> state representatives and senators know they want this to pass."

Of course the probable outcome of this passing would be Microsoft
'donating' a pile of freebies to the state in order to stay in the
game...but Texas should win either way - so it's a good thing.

It's said that if Microsoft believes that an organisation is
likely to start investigating OpenSource solutions, their sales
rep's are immediately authorised to start offering M$ products
and services with 50% price reductions in order to keep them
hooked.
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