Re:Government Open Source Office deal set to provide major s...
by bardworx on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @07:17AM
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> Still better than having your government locked-in with a single vendor, where the vendor is a mega-corporation from another company that may or may not be your ally at all times.
I think you meant to say country.
> There will be some transition pains, that's for sure, and in part those pains are as big as they are because the governments have adopted single-vendor proprietary products from companies for many years to begin with. It seems to me the long term upside is way bigger with open standards and open source software.
I would be curious to see how the finances work over the long haul; this year they might not save a whole bunch but what about over a five year term?
Re:Government Open Source Office deal set to provide major s...
by JupiterMoon on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @07:31AM
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> what about over a five year term?
For the civil service of a country they should think over the 50 year term as well. Documents from the 1980's could still be relevant today if only as archival records.
Also what happens with the archived files and documents decades later? Will they still work? Microsoft can't even achieve 100% percent compatibility between its released versions every 3 years.
There will be some transition pains, that's for sure, and in part those pains are as big as they are because the governments have adopted single-vendor proprietary products from companies for many years to begin with. It seems to me the long term upside is way bigger with open standards and open source software.