2012 May 14 archive at Robert Pogson

Archive for May 14th, 2012

Another Government Gives Active Support for FLOSS

Published by Robert Pogson May 14th, 2012 in technology. 60 Comments

We have read of many governments beginning to show preference to use of FLOSS in procurement and internal use but only a few actively support/promote FLOSS as a national priority. Now Aragon, Spain, has set up an organization to promote FLOSS by encouraging businesses to adopt FLOSS and to facilitate adopting FLOSS.

“Open source has shown to be of greater technological efficiency in both public and private sector”

Amen! I recommend Debian GNU/Linux. It’s the right way to do IT. GNU/Linux is a cooperative product of the world, not just an OS but applications and data for clients and servers freely shared with a licence to use, examine, modify and to distribute the code under the same terms.

See Spanish region of Aragon to support growth of open source companies | Joinup.

- Robert Pogson

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.