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I recommend reading the entire article, the conclusion is particularly scary: >ACT and Comptia have been infiltrating every workgroup, even the one on Open Sou
by Sir_Cmpwn 7y ago
I recommend reading the entire article, the conclusion is particularly scary:
>ACT and Comptia have been infiltrating every workgroup, even the one on Open Source (WG 7). They are doing the best they can to drown any initiative that would not only promote OSS in Europe but also that could help Europe create a sucessful European software sector
My thought is that outside of high-risk areas like ICANN, they're not having much success. The OSS community in Europe is far stronger than that in America.
- pitaj 7y ago> My thought is that outside of high-risk areas like ICANN, they're not having much success. The OSS community in Europe is far stronger than that in America. By what metric?
- Sir_Cmpwn 7y agoPersonal anecdotes. I frequently travel to Europe to collaborate with free software developers or attend free software conferences, and attend comparatively fewer in the US (and they're generally smaller in attendance here, too).
- SomeOldThrow 7y agoIIRC there’s also a much higher rate of adoption at the municipal and state level as well, mostly do to increasing costs and low requirements.
- saagarjha 7y agoEurope is smaller and more amenable to fast and cheap transportation, I think, which encourages conference participation.
- Sir_Cmpwn 7y agoThat's true, Europe is a lot smaller and denser than the US.