On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 02:23:25 +0200 deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Joe wrote: > > > 'No, no,' said the academics, 'the whole world uses Windows 3 so we > > have to teach that.' > > ... because they were payed/bribed/lobbied or just fools > > BTW it is still the same and it became even worse and no one is doing > anything. > Some 15y ago there were ideas to use open source in the public > administration and the schools. What happened with that? Oh, yes, > Microsoft offered very good conditions ... yes. Then those > politicians, free thinkers etc. stopped talking about opensource and > the idea died slowly in the shadow of 9/11, 2008 Lehman Bros etc. > > Lets admit it ... the goal is to shovel the money to (mostly) US > corporations that do not pay any taxes anywhere, to educate the > children to be slaves of the corporations and to consume as much as > possible. > > Indeed. From 2004: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240057429/Newham-staying-with-Microsoft-is-68-cheaper-than-open-source -- Joe
