Re: [libreoffice-users] There goes Open-Source in the White House

On 08/05/2011 05:57 PM, upscope wrote:

> our government is looking for big budget cuts. One would be replace  all the MS stuff with open 
> source software. 

If the united states government, or the government of the united kingdom
ruled today that effective 1 January 2012, only FLOSS may be used by the
government, and closed source, proprietary software was banned, the
budget savings would, at the earliest, be visible in 2016, and probably
not until 2020, or even 2025. This is simply due to the unbreakable
contracts various software vendors have with those governments.
Contracts that requires the vendors to be paid, regardless of whether or
not the product meets the contract specifications, assuming it is
delivered in the first place.

Long term, FLOSS saves money. Short term, it doesn't save money, and can
be described as costing money.

jonathon
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