Suing an Agency for Using Windows Vista is Pathetic
It is pathetic to sue a government agency for using Windows Vista without giving Linux a chance throught bidding. Savoir Faire Linux, a Linux advocate company, sued Régie des Rentes du Québec this week for not giving free open source software a chance in the agency.
In an excerpt:
Savoir Faire Linux’s position is that Windows Vista is a major migration and a change of OS, which should then be done via a call for bids. Furthermore, Savoir Faire Linux says current versions of Linux are more than capable of serving the agency’s IT needs, and that they will also save millions of dollars in the process.
This is the first time in North America that a governement agency is sued for not using open source software. There are previous cases though in Europe, most notably in Germany and in France where whole governement agencies and ministries are now running open source software.
What can I say? The law may allow Savoir Faire Linux to sue the agency and give Linux the chance to be implemented in the organization. Nonetheless, that is so pathetic.
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1 opinion for Suing an Agency for Using Windows Vista is Pathetic
hfraser
Mar 17, 2008 at 7:33 pm
It is pathetic that people care where there governement dollars go?
I think that this is a right move on their part. They are not suing for using vista they are suing for not going to the proper legal bidding process.
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