On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Manas Alekar<maale...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 2. Regarding the question of MOU, I think the government would quite >> like to agree about shifting to free software. The main question for >> them is 'how'. The issue is not what software they use to train the >> teachers, but whether it is feasible for them to go through this >> process logistically and economically. It is obvious that they don't >> have in-house expertise to do the training and maintenance of the >> computers. As of now, it seems like only MS has given them an >> acceptable solution. And with the knowledge they have, the dilemma of >> choosing between the lesser evil does not exist. >> > > I hate to say this, but would can we recommend that the government go the > FOSS way with a clean conscience? Nautilus still breaks once in a while when > I update it. Evolution backends die on me randomly when I try to connect to > EXCHG servers. Interfaces are still deprecated when deemed necessary. > Perhaps we should start by taking a leaf out of Solaris' book. They still > ship with Bourne (not Bourne Again) shell as the default.
INFO: Solaris' stablity is more because they have a stringent process called the ARC [1]. Since they have a 7 year ABI guarantee, they have a policy on whether interfaces are allowed to change to not [2] Present day opensolaris ships with GNU bash and this inclusion was subject to the ARC process as well. > When it comes to > huge organisations with inertia, corporate or otherwise, such things matter. +1 to that. Reliability and stability matter a lot indeed. > > ~ Manas [1] http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/ [2] http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/bestpractices/bp-interfaces/ _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
