Another Government Increasing and Encouraging Open Source Use at Robert Pogson

“the amount of money the government has budgeted for buying proprietary software licences will be lowered to 750,000 euro, a reduction of 25 per cent compared to last year. "We will use these savings on further developing Platino. And we’re strongly encouraging the use of OpenOffice."”

see Canary Islands' government increasing and encouraging open source use | Joinup.

What are you waiting for, Canada? The longer you wait to switch to FLOSS for IT, the deeper the hole you will have dug with M$’s spade… Now is the time to switch to GNU/Linux and FLOSS applications. I recommend Debian GNU/Linux because it works for you and not for M$ and “partners”. We taxpayers demand efficient use of our taxes. Get on with it.

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.