A few days ago we wrote about Dana Blankenhorn's concern that Free/open source software loses its meaning due to involvement from those who bend the definition/s. "Will open source be assimilated in 2010?"
It also drew a thoughtful e-mail from Tim Yeaton, president of Black Duck Software. He interrupted his efforts to counter OpenLogic’s new open source scanner to say that open source is bound to be assimilated into the software mainstream.
Ingres and FreeSoft, have won the Hungarian government’s open source software contract that has a four-year, $22.3m budget. During the next four years, the companies will supply the Hungarian government with software worth 4 Ft billion Hungarian forints, which is approximately €15m or $22.3m.
Experts Question Hungary's Role As European Open Source Leader
Open source database company Ingres has held Hungary up as an example to the UK and other European countries of how government should be championing the use of non-proprietary software in the public sector.
But some Hungarian experts have pointed out that while the central European country has made progress when it comes to allowing open source players to compete on the same terms as proprietary companies, there is still a long way to go before the Magyars could be held up as leaders on open source.
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your_friend
2009-12-11 21:55:27
Attempts to dillute the meaning of "Open Source" to the point where Microsoft can claim to be an open source company are part of a coordinated effort to maintain cultural control. Patent extortion is the other half of this attack. Having exploited, and monopolized previous public domain software, they now seek crush and own the vast body of copyleft software which they can not otherwise control. Free software does not and will not have the obnoxious digital restrictions that twentieth century power structures need to survive.
Roy Schestowitz
2009-12-11 22:18:18