__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 21 July 2006 13:39 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 21 July 2006 08:58 \__
>>
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 20 July 2006 00:51 \__
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33120
>>>>>
>>>>> The Croatian government has decided that it (for government bodies)
>>>>> will go Open Source...
>>>>>
>>>>> - it feels that proprietary software leads to too much dependence on
>>>>> suppliers, which can damage the market competition.
>>>>>
>>>>> - it also says that open source programmes make the government's
>>>>> business more transparent and free access to information.
>>>>>
>>>>> - it reckons that Open Source will also save the Croatian tax payers
>>>>> huge amounts of cash while at the same time strengthening the domestic
>>>>> information science industry.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm... seems reasonable......
>>>>
>>>> Some time ago (just over a week) they instated an Open Source policy. I
>>>> hadn't realised that the entire nation was due to move to Open Source at
>>>> government level. Thumbs up for GNU, Tux, and Open Source developers.
>>>> *smile*
>>>
>>> Idea for a website - a table of national governments with a coding which
>>> shows 100% legacy proprietary, Y% moved to open-source, 100%
>>> open-source. Any volunteers?
>>
>> Nice idea, Mark. We can set up a Wiki in a new domain, but I
>> suspect that a map would be more appealing. It would be
>> somewhat like a game of risk, wouldn't it? This also reminds
>> me of Om Malik's recent project (it happens to be
>> Wiki-based) for gathering a community-driven knowledgebase
>> about broadband usage, speed, suppliers, etc. around the
>> world. Since no-one has enough information, maybe a table
>> with countries and a list of milestones could do...
>
> A map would be excellent, but probably considerably more difficult to
> implement than a wiki. A linux risk game could be quite compelling,
> though...
We could use the Google Maps API, maybe even extend it to
Earth. *smile* This reminds me of the guy who implemented
Risk in Google Maps (non-profit)and then got a letter from a
solicitor demanding that he removes it. Blame copyrights. It
was on Slashdot. Twice.
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