[Freegis-list] Hidden agenda

Dean Gadoury dgadoury at dmsolutions.ca
Thu Jul 29 16:28:30 CEST 2004


Where in the article does it mention hidden costs?

Mark Coletti wrote:

>>From: Jerry Isdale <isdale at hrl.com>
>>Subject: [Freegis-list] Hidden costs of Open Source software
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>Apparently the US Govt. Office of Mangement and Budget released a memo 
>>on July 1 warning CIOs about hidden costs when acquiring Open Source 
>>software (vs. commercial software which would never have hidden costs - 
>>smirk).   You can read the 1 pg memo at 
>>http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy04/m04-16.html
>>    
>>
>
>  Given how the current mendacious administration is in bed with big
>  $$$ corporations, this should be taken for what it is: blatant
>  propaganda spreading Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt about open source
>  software.
>
>
>MAC
>--
>Mark Coletti | mailto:mcoletti at lychnobite.org | http://www.lychnobite.org/
>    Go away or I will replace you with a very short shell script.
>
>_______________________________________________
>Freegis-list mailing list
>Freegis-list at intevation.de
>https://intevation.de/mailman/listinfo/freegis-list
>
>  
>

-- 
___________________________

Dean Gadoury

DM Solutions Group
30 Rosemount Ave. Suite 200
Ottawa, Ontario. K1Y 1P4
613.565.5056 ext. 24

dgadoury at dmsolutions.ca
www.dmsolutions.ca





More information about the Freegis-list mailing list

This site is hosted by Intevation GmbH (Datenschutzerklärung und Impressum | Privacy Policy and Imprint)