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Schools BY LAW must only use FLOSS run on their own iron or state-backed one, no single private company must be allowed for safety of students data. That's is.

by kkfx 4y ago

scarface74 4y ago
So should they replace every single system they use with open source software - even if it’s worse?
- kkfx 4y ago
  Yes, because we see for DECADES how harmful is relaying on proprietary software. It's time, at least for public services, to came back to the old classic model: hw have to be paid, sw is free code. And that's not different for services: any public service must relay only on public services. So, for instance, no AWS etc. It's DEFINITIVELY not a long shot, is a thing that should already be there and now is hard just because too many was too lazy in the past.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Are the open source proponents going to step up to the plate to create the software that they need and the support and the back end services?
    - kkfx 4y ago
      Absolutely NO, because FLOSS does not means someone else work for free, my proposal is that ANY State hire people to develop public software, with public money for the States needs. Simply. BTW the same principle apply to weapons: beside private hand weapons and ammo all others must be ONLY a PUBLIC-ONLY show with the State that have internal research, production etc to avoid lobby pushes to go to war for business reasons.
      - scarface74 4y ago
        Now you want every state to compete for scarce development talent and pay developer salaries? Even on the low end , in most major cities, developers cost $130K-$150K and that’s twice what teachers get paid. You want every state to be an expert in the literally dozens of areas that they need software? So now you’re taking budget in the public education system away from teachers to hire developers and hoping the public sector can do a better job. Not even the private sector is dumb enough to bring software development and IT in house for things that are out of its core competency.
        kkfx 4y ago
        I want public research, like we have had in the past, when real innovation happen THANKS to such public investments...
        scarface74 4y ago
        Much of that “public research” came from the military. But you’re taking away money from the government organizations that support teachers, firefighters, bus drivers, public health institutions, etc and for what aim? Pensions are funded by investments in the private sector. (yes I left out the police…) The government is just going to outsource support and contracts to the private sector even if they do use open source. Meet the new boss…
        kkfx 4y ago
        What are money for you? For me money MUST BE a unit of measure, NOT a value loaned by few private scammer to the public, having invented the public debt [1], so government MUST GENERATE the money they need and public development simply costs the amount of resources it demand. There is nothing to outsource. Of course in the actual scam economy, where money are hold by a small private criminals who loan them know mathematically that interests can't be paid and are just a way to control people through a powerless puppet government, that's might be an issue, but: - such issue must be resolved anyway - costs are not high at all, just look at the European past, where public research was normal, ALL COSTS was far less than now for far better results. Just look about health: USA with it's private system have the most expensive health services with the least quality compared to EU, not only ANY EU country have seen health costs climb as privatizations climb, lowering regularly the quality of the service. That's is. There is no new boss, we must remember that in Democracy WE are the boss-es of the society. [1] https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=carr&book=pawns&story=american https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=car... look at the end of the page, Ikelheimer is a good keyword to see their "business points"

Schools BY LAW must only use FLOSS run on their own iron or state-backed one, no single private company must be allowed for safety of students data. That's is.

by kkfx 4y ago

Schools BY LAW must only use FLOSS run on their own iron or state-backed one, no single private company must be allowed for safety of students data. That's is.

scarface74 4y ago

So should they replace every single system they use with open source software - even if it’s worse?

kkfx 4y ago
Yes, because we see for DECADES how harmful is relaying on proprietary software. It's time, at least for public services, to came back to the old classic model: hw have to be paid, sw is free code. And that's not different for services: any public service must relay only on public services. So, for instance, no AWS etc. It's DEFINITIVELY not a long shot, is a thing that should already be there and now is hard just because too many was too lazy in the past.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Are the open source proponents going to step up to the plate to create the software that they need and the support and the back end services?
  - kkfx 4y ago
    Absolutely NO, because FLOSS does not means someone else work for free, my proposal is that ANY State hire people to develop public software, with public money for the States needs. Simply. BTW the same principle apply to weapons: beside private hand weapons and ammo all others must be ONLY a PUBLIC-ONLY show with the State that have internal research, production etc to avoid lobby pushes to go to war for business reasons.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      Now you want every state to compete for scarce development talent and pay developer salaries? Even on the low end , in most major cities, developers cost $130K-$150K and that’s twice what teachers get paid. You want every state to be an expert in the literally dozens of areas that they need software? So now you’re taking budget in the public education system away from teachers to hire developers and hoping the public sector can do a better job. Not even the private sector is dumb enough to bring software development and IT in house for things that are out of its core competency.
      - kkfx 4y ago
        I want public research, like we have had in the past, when real innovation happen THANKS to such public investments...
        scarface74 4y ago
        Much of that “public research” came from the military. But you’re taking away money from the government organizations that support teachers, firefighters, bus drivers, public health institutions, etc and for what aim? Pensions are funded by investments in the private sector. (yes I left out the police…) The government is just going to outsource support and contracts to the private sector even if they do use open source. Meet the new boss…
        kkfx 4y ago
        What are money for you? For me money MUST BE a unit of measure, NOT a value loaned by few private scammer to the public, having invented the public debt [1], so government MUST GENERATE the money they need and public development simply costs the amount of resources it demand. There is nothing to outsource. Of course in the actual scam economy, where money are hold by a small private criminals who loan them know mathematically that interests can't be paid and are just a way to control people through a powerless puppet government, that's might be an issue, but: - such issue must be resolved anyway - costs are not high at all, just look at the European past, where public research was normal, ALL COSTS was far less than now for far better results. Just look about health: USA with it's private system have the most expensive health services with the least quality compared to EU, not only ANY EU country have seen health costs climb as privatizations climb, lowering regularly the quality of the service. That's is. There is no new boss, we must remember that in Democracy WE are the boss-es of the society. [1] https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=carr&book=pawns&story=american https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=car... look at the end of the page, Ikelheimer is a good keyword to see their "business points"