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Re: Obama asks McNealy for advice on Open Source


On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:26:43 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>____/ George Barca on Friday 23 January 2009 18:27 : \____
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>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:47:41 -0800 (PST),
>> "nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>
>>>[But McNealy a bad choice for the job.]   Asking Scott McNealy to
>>>write a paper about open source software is a bit like asking Dick
>>>Cheney to write a paper about government transparency.
>> 
>> That's very funny!
>> 
>>>Better than asking Bill Gates.
>> 
>> I had the pleasure of meeting Scott at a convention many years
>> ago and he was quite interesting! He's a very dynamic person.
>> Asking Bill Gates would have been much worse.
>> I'm impressed at how quickly the Obama team is moving toward
>> change, not to over use the term. I would like to see a
>> combination of Apple and Linux in government. It's good to see
>> the DoD moving toward Linux.
>
>They began years ago (mostly Red Hat). It's supposed to be a complete migration
>and Microsoft is frantic about it.

The wheels of Govt. work very slowly, I know as I worked for them
for many years in various capacities.
Microsoft should be concerned.
George Barca
georgebarca1981@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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