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The City of Barcelona Will Go Open Source by Spring 2019

posted by CoolHand on Thursday January 11 2018, @07:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the Barcelona_uber_Munich dept.

canopic jug writes:

The City of Barcelona kicks out Microsoft in favor of Linux and open source. The Barcelona city administration will migrate its existing systems from Microsoft and proprietary software to Linux and Free and Open Source Software. First the user applications will be upgraded to FOSS. Once all proprietary applications are removed, the proprietary operating systems will be removed. Around 70% of the software budget will be invested in FOSS with the goal being to help local talent through regional small and medium-sized businesses. Additionally, 65 developers will be brought in and kept in-house to work on custom packages and other customization needs.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @09:42PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @09:42PM (#621113)

    • Nowhere can you deduce that that the OP is trying to make you doubt any virtue of moving to "Free Software".

    • People coming together at some point in time to form a government does not imply that said government is synonymous with that people.

      A government is just another organization in society.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by aristarchus on Thursday January 11 2018, @11:05PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday January 11 2018, @11:05PM (#621164) Journal

    Nowhere can you deduce that that the OP is trying to make you doubt any virtue of moving to "Free Software".

    Sure I can! I just did! We went over the same ground with the Munich case, and every other publicized case where governments have repudiated the Micro$oft defacto monopoly. We want to put fear in the hearts of PHBs that if they listen to their IT professionals, they may lose money big time, and Microserft may not let them back into the Charmed Circle.

    A government is just another organization in society.

    This is just a idiotic statement, idiotic in the sense that it is made by a private individual who cannot comprehend being part of a community, and so looks upon his neighbors as prey. You, my libertarian AC, are a criminal, in thought already, if not in deed. I hope you get caught.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Friday January 12 2018, @12:59PM

    by Bot (3902) on Friday January 12 2018, @12:59PM (#621348) Journal

    > "free software"
    you are a funny guy

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