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____/ Tony(UK) on Tuesday 04 August 2009 06:36 : \____
> On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:05:51 +0100, bbgruff wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> I found it interesting to hear that all of the members of the European
>>> Union
>>> | (EU) are required to use open source Linux-based software
>>> exclusively, | and this includes everything from operating systems to
>>> office | applications. There is also a move afoot here in this country
>>> to attempt | to do a similar thing.
>>
>> Where the Dickens did the author get this from?
>>
>> - or put it another way, it's news to me!
>
> This is the stupidest thing I have heard for a long time - computer users
> will use whatever they want - the EU have no power to dictate to anyone
> what to use. This is pure unadulterated crap, and the author should be
> ashamed of himself.
The rationale (I'm guessing) is that back doors and remote kill switches are
not acceptable when your job and your data can be sensitive to your whole
country.
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