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While fastidiously avoiding use of the F-word [i.e. freedom], the European Commission has published a very long report on the impact of open source software and hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy. Open hardware is also covered.
This study analyses the economic impact of Open Source Software (OSS) and Hardware (OSH) on the European economy. It was commissioned by the European Commission's DG CONNECT.
It is estimated that companies located in the EU invested around €1 billion in OSS in 2018, which resulted in an impact on the European economy of between €65 and €95 billion. The analysis estimates a cost-benefit ratio of above 1:4 and predicts that an increase of 10% of OSS contributions would annually generate an additional 0.4% to 0.6% GDP as well as more than 600 additional ICT start-ups in the EU. Case studies reveal that by procuring OSS instead of proprietary software, the public sector could reduce the total cost of ownership, avoid vendor lock-in and thus increase its digital autonomy. The study also contains an analysis of existing public policy actions in Europe and around the world.
Back in 2006, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh prepared a similar report for UNU-MERIT, Study on the effect on the development of the information society of European public bodies making their own software available as open source, in The Netherlands.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday September 12 2021, @12:57AM (17 children)
Future tense may likely work too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 12 2021, @03:07AM (10 children)
Uh-oh, the universe is off the rails: c0lo seemed civil toward Runaway. Reboot c0lo and see if that fixes it.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday September 12 2021, @04:25AM (6 children)
You don't read too many of my replies to Runaway, do you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 12 2021, @10:48AM (5 children)
Any number of your replies read is too many. (large grin?) (just trying to be funny... someone got it above)
You're pretty civil in general. A bit too outspoken about 'murican politics. You really have to live here to get it. Unless you truly think about 1/2 of the population are idiots. In which case, you undermine the concept of democracy. Quite a conundrum, no?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by c0lo on Sunday September 12 2021, @12:07PM (3 children)
And you really have to live outside it for a long while (to unlearn America) to see how bizarre look, for a good part of this world, the excesses that get in the news about American life.
I don't doubt that there's a lot of common sensical and mundane life in US. That's normal, so don't expect it to be mentioned. It's the "excessive different" that picks my interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday September 13 2021, @02:06PM (2 children)
Anybody accepting and approving the military lockdown in Australia now should refrain from commenting on anyone else's country for any reason whatsoever.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 13 2021, @06:04PM
colo is a sychophantic bitch.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday September 13 2021, @10:30PM
Agreed. Except there was never a military lockdown in Australia.
It was a public health lockdown with the defence force assisting with the logistics of it [defence.gov.au], no use of force or authority from them. In essence, not much different from US DOD assistance for covid [defense.gov].
They tried to do it with private contractors before - it made the matter worse [abc.net.au].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 13 2021, @06:19PM
"Unless you truly think about 1/2 of the population are idiots."
Yes
Although sprinkled in are a bunch of opportunistic greedy bastards happy to support liars and thieves as long as they can get theirs and support their wedge issues like guns and control over women. The rest are *dumb as rocks and actually think trump is a good guy.
*brainwashed/dumb, not much difference
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 12 2021, @05:46AM (2 children)
If anything, C0lo goes out of his way to be civil towards Runaway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 12 2021, @01:56PM
Of course. It's hard to do your job as a foreign troll if people won't listen to you.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 12 2021, @08:02PM
2 douchbags kiss and make up. Ahhhh so fucking nice to see.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by canopic jug on Sunday September 12 2021, @04:05AM
Future tense may likely work too.
The 2006 report was quite well done. This new one from 2021, well it's not such high quality. It took a very long time and a lot of effort to read and I had only skimmed it when I wrote the submission. Shame on me. It turns out to have been a very poor choice. Overall, I was profoundly disappointed in the approach they took this time. There are several errors in the core methodology:
However, the presence of that garbage dressed up as a report is interesting in itself. It means that M$ and the software patent lobby have been able to get one over on the EC, perhaps after having infiltrated it or bought it out.
Money is not free speech. Elections should not be auctions.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday September 12 2021, @12:43PM (4 children)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday September 12 2021, @01:23PM (3 children)
Not like Microsoft is a quick learner, never underestimate the big corporate ineptitude.
How many iterations they went with their WinCE and Windows Phone? They even bough the smart mobile division from Nokia.
I hear they're preparing themselves for a Win8 repeat with Windows 11.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday September 12 2021, @04:40PM (2 children)
God forbid they buy Munich too!!!! :O
:)
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday September 12 2021, @05:38PM
Why? Their acquisition strategy proved a failure time and again. Buying the entire Munich and abandoning it after** may finally rid the world on MS.
** Nokia still makes smart phones [nokia.com], I reckon the Bavarians will continue to make beer. Granted it won't be root beer, you'll need to sudo apt-get beer or yum install beer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday September 13 2021, @02:09PM
It is not hard to understand why MS would want to buy Munich. The properly sized beer mugs [pinimg.com] are reason enough.
Washington DC delenda est.