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Re:City of Barcelona moving away from proprietary software by unmango on Monday January 15, 2018 @09:16AM (#16150612)
People in universities (both staff and students) are always left-leaning; the mindshare of Linux in universities has always been big everywhere, it's not really a Catalan thing. Because of that, I'm not surprised they are enthusiastic about the Catalan language either, but that's not the case anywhere else, where people usually run their software and enjoy their entertainment in Spanish without making a big deal about the language.

I also believe Windows 10 has a good Catalan translation although I have never used it.

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Re:City of Barcelona moving away from proprietary software by interfixus on Monday January 15, 2018 @09:32AM (#16150701)
Are you equating support for open source with left-leaningness?
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Re:City of Barcelona moving away from proprietary software by unmango on Monday January 15, 2018 @09:39AM (#16150737)
Yes, I am. That's what matches my personal experience.
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Re:City of Barcelona moving away from proprietary software by jeanrene on Monday January 15, 2018 @06:07PM (#16154285)
Open-source boosts competition in capitalism. Open-source makes it easier for startups to offer services and create products, for instance. Open-source breaks monopolies. In other words, Open-source is capitalism in its finest.
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Re:City of Barcelona moving away from proprietary software by snvzz on Monday January 15, 2018 @09:53AM (#16150830)
It does however not match mine (and I'm Catalan). We've got university professors of all walks of life with all sorts of views. However, it is true that I've yet to meet one that wasn't favorable to open source.
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Re:City of Barcelona moving away from proprietary software by interfixus on Monday January 15, 2018 @09:50AM (#16150808)
Well, at least I, and presumably Eric Raymond, beg to differ.
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