__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 22 July 2006 18:21 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Friday 21 July 2006 21:41 \__
>>
>>> On Friday 21 July 2006 19:48 Mark Kent wrote:
>>>
>>>>> It's quite a pointless toy example, which I believe Eric worked on to
>>>>> practice his programming skills (his origins are in programming, but
>>>>> he's now a CSS expert). Not Closed-Source Software. The other thing.
>>>>> wink
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A quicker win might be to set up a wiki with a simple list...
>>>
>>> I can't help with that, but I do know where the LXer readers are:-
>>>
>>> http://www.frappr.com/lxercom
>>
>> I was looking at Wikipedia yesterday. Source a page exists
>> which contains a list of companies acquired by Microsoft,
>> perhaps a suitable stub can be created for countries that
>> embrace Open Source (linked from Linux or Open
>> Source-related pages). Then, I can probably filter my
>> outgoing mail box and extract links. Any thoughts?
>>
>
> Roy - that's bordering on a stroke of genuis! Why create a new wiki
> when there's a perfectly good one already there... let's go for it!
Google PageRank 8 at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Created link/stub for:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government-_and_business-level_migrations_to_open_source
changelog:
+added line: [[List of government- and business-level migrations to open
source ]]
Added some initial content to page.
Let's extend it gradually. Other Wikipedians will probably help if not vote
for the removal of the page (these pages are always candidates for quick
deletion if they are found to be unsatisfactory or irrelevant. I think we
can in due time gain a link to this page from [Wikipedia on "GNU" or
"Linux"]
It covers just a few days worth. It look like a misfit and it's rather gross,
so I want to see if it gets deleted before we go further. Here's what I have
at the moment:
{{db-empty}}
{{hangon}} <- That's me requesting some time, to be earned before veto.
Note: This page is a stub, created July 22nd, 2006. Please permit it to be
extended and tidied up, in due time (reverse-chronological).
* Oracle (Linux with more than 80% market share) - July 2006 [1]
* The Dutch municipality of Groningen (180.000 inhabitants) - OpenOffice
migration in July 2006 [2]
* The Croatian Government - decision on migration to Open Source in July 2006
[3]
* The United Nations - reports on extensive use of Open Source software [4]
* [...]
!!External Links
[1] http://www.evolvingtimes.co.uk/technologies/linux/index.html
[2]
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/43575/Gemeente-Groningen-stapt-over-op-OpenOffice.html
[3] http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33120
[4] http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/07/20/un_and_foss.html
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