On 17/04/12 23:19, James Farrar wrote:
That last point is key - unless the open source software is superior
to the standard, familiarity is likely to mean the standard is a
better choice. Hence the selection of Windows over Linux.
Yes, and they teach Word and Excel in schools.
It's also worth n
On 18 April 2012 15:02, Gordon Joly wrote:
> On 17/04/12 23:19, James Farrar wrote:
>
> It's also worth noting that promotion of open-source software is not
>> an Object of the charity.
>>
> The "ethos" of open source goes with open knowledge and open formats in my
> mind.
>
>
> I think James ha
On 18 April 2012 15:10, Charles Matthews
wrote:
> On 18 April 2012 15:02, Gordon Joly wrote:
>> On 17/04/12 23:19, James Farrar wrote:
>>> It's also worth noting that promotion of open-source software is not
>>> an Object of the charity.
>> The "ethos" of open source goes with open knowledge and
On 18 April 2012 18:28, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> Yes, it is a good point. We shouldn't be making ideological decisions
> unless they do actually further our objects. I think we can justify
> our policy of using FOSS whenever there isn't a strong reason not to,
> though, since supporting FOSS has kn
