Venezuela Moves Further Toward Open Source 406
baquiano writes "Today the Venezuelan press reports that the government has formally issued a decree (English translation) which prioritizes the use of free/open source software over proprietary systems in government entities. This follows a year of pilot deployments in Venezuela's Info Centros (Internet public access points) and some ministries. (Past attempts, reported by Slashdot, by former Minister of Science and Technology Felipe Perez Marti to push ahead this initiative were allegedly foiled by Microsoft.) The decree calls for plans to actively deploy FOSS during a 24-month period."
'Foiled'? (Score:4, Funny)
Anybody got tape on this, so to speak?
The year is 2015... (Score:5, Funny)
"We need to defend liberty and freedom everywhere," World Leader Gates said. "If we don't stop open source overseas, we'll soon be fighing Linux in our own homes."
Tomorrow on Slashdot (Score:1, Funny)
Finally! (Score:1, Funny)
Now that the Venezuelan technology powerhouse has jumped on this bandwagon, I think the rest of the world will stand up and finally take notice of this Open Source thing!
Finally (Score:2, Funny)
Ok I'm gonna lose karma for this one...
Tom
I still have my mind on that Tsunami... (Score:2, Funny)
Good and Bad (Score:4, Funny)
This is where MS flexes their corporate muscle--they make CTOs feel good about spending m/billions on their solutions.
If MS and Open Source were men:
Open Source would be the quiet mysterious geek who can't utter a sentence without geek speak but is pretty nice looking and gentle. He's sincere and eager but doesn't have lots of money. He's usually polite and makes you feel quite comfortable though you have to pay for his meals now and then.
MS would be the tall, dark, and handsome fraternity boy with a new Porsche who slips you some Rohypnol and you wake up naked and screwed with an empty wallet. He throws wild parties at your place but doesn't check the guest list very well. Your stuff keeps getting stolen and you keep finding creeps living and hiding in your closets. You notice on the wall that you have a marriage certificate on the wall and it's signed in your blood. You're Mrs. Satan.
Maybe I took that a little too far...but you get the point.
Re:Great, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Only the americans have a god-given right to have their own software (and movie) industries so to leech more wealth from the rest of the world.