Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> The [UK] politics of open source
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| There's been a suggestion of a shift towards open source in the
>| houses of government in the UK recently, with the Conservative
>| Party promising to promote open source if elected and the incumbent
>| Labour Party releasing the code behind its new carbon footprint
>| calculator under the General Public Licence.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| PlaidCymru.org
>| Apache on Linux (moved from Windows today)
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| SDLP.ie
>| Apache on FreeBSD (moved from Windows today)
> `----
>
> http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/07/the_politics_of.html
>
> Even Microsoft-Watch moved from Windows to Linux quite recently. It seems like
> Windows can only conquer parked domains, essentially by paying Web hosts to
> influence Netcraft figures.
>
I wonder how long it will be before migration stories are no longer
newsworthy, because just about everyone is on open-source.
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