__/ [ B Gruff ] on Monday 04 December 2006 17:41 \__
> On Monday 04 December 2006 16:54 Doug Mentohl wrote:
>
>>
>> "[...] due to numerous recommendations forthcoming from the US Embassy
>> , the State Department, and technology professionals involved in
>> providing services to international schools worldwide, it has been decided
>> that the switch to open source software on such a large scale is
>> premature, and has therefore been reversed."
>
> Very similar to fairly recent postings re. Thailand, in fact.
>
> Not to beat about the bush, if this story is true, some people in high
> places are handing out bungs, and other people in high places are taking
> them.
This blog post was a bit old, but nonetheless...
FWIW, I passed it on to the Open Source Consortium and Groklaw.
Corruption is everywhere. We can only even beat it by passing on information
to people, I suppose...
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