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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Report advocates open-source approach for software acquisition
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>| The report also noted that the use of open-source software would
>| make "industry more likely to compete on ideas and execution versus
>| product lock-in."
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> http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/41415-1.html
A useful one, that!
The sleeping giant of procurement people worldwide is awakening to some
new ideas about how to get into the driving seat when negotiating supply
contracts.
Free software eliminates lock-in and obviates formal standards writing
for APIs and protocols (state machines).
--
| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that
would also stop you from doing clever things.
-- Doug Gwyn
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