Re: BSD folks position on GPL, Novell, IBM, SCO, and MS...

2006-11-27 Thread Oliver Fromme
Mike Hauber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > PS...  One more question...  Being that Linux emulation is available > as a port for the BSDs, I would assume (but haven't taken the time > to research) that GPLd code is used.  If there comes to be issues > with Linux, what would that mean for

Anyone know of a pre ready presentation for Alternatives to Microsoft?

2006-11-27 Thread Julian Stacey
Anyone know of a pre- ready presentation for Alternatives To Microsoft ? I've been asked to give a presentation (in English) to a bunch of engineers in Munich end of Jan 2007. On the basis "A good engineer is a lazy engineer", I'm asking before I write my own. I am _Not_ inviting a long thread,

Re: Anyone know of a pre ready presentation for Alternatives to Microsoft?

2006-11-27 Thread rob_spellberg
this is exactly the kind of thing that i could use in a training concept that i am launching in early 2007. one of my foci is on startups/entrepreneurs and their limited funds, e. g., licensing fees, open_source in general, make_versus_buy in general, "the unix way", the joy of diy,

Re: Anyone know of a pre ready presentation for Alternatives to Microsoft?

2006-11-27 Thread Jan Husar
Hello Julian, I can take a look of something which i used in past but is mostly alternatives on workstation level for public administration (cos I'm solving such issues in European Commisssion) the use of open standards such as ODF and PDF/A which is the *MOST* discussed issue within the Europea