http://www.teledyn.com/node/500 Comments for "France Goes Open" en http://www.teledyn.com/node/500 <p>This just in from Jacques Le Marois of <a href="http://www.mandrakelinux.com/">MandrakeSoft</a>, the French government has officially announced its plans to shift their escalating (and pointless) <img src="http://clasnews.clas.ufl.edu/news/alumninotes/02fall/images/tower.gif" alt="" /> IT costs away from spiralling license costs and <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/nm/20040618/tc_nm/tech_france_microsoft_dc_2">move to Linux and Open Source software</a> where they can keep things under control.</p> <blockquote><p>Civil service minister Renaud Dutreil told Reuters France wanted to use "open-source" software providers to resupply part of the almost one million state computers under a government cost-cutting drive designed to trim a bulging public deficit.</p> </p></blockquote> <p>Microsoft, of course, are masters of spin and immediately offered the following non-sequiteur:</p> <blockquote><p> "In fact, open-source software is not free. It is very expensive because it shifts the cost to maintenance, services, integration and training," Microsoft France chief Christophe Aulnette said.</p> </p></blockquote> http://www.teledyn.com/node/500#comments public software Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:57:13 -0400 garym 500 at http://www.teledyn.com