On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 19:07, Dennis Kibbe wrote:
> On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:30 am, you wrote:
> > Article about the pragmatic view of open source. Not bad.
> >
> > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/01/021001hnbizopen.xml?s=IDG
> >NS
> >
> > Alan
>
>
> I liked this comment:
>
> Merrill Lynch is beginning to evaluate desktop set-ups based on open-source
> software, with the eventual hope of running 20 percent of its desktop using
> open-source products.
>
> "Our primary reason to do that is our sense that the desktop market is not a
> free, competitive market. Prices are higher than they need to be,"
>
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I liked it where they fired the guy who removed windows and installed
linux and then hired him back 2 years later as a consultant.
;-0
Craig
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