All I see is opportunity. Am not anti Microsoft or any closed source software company. Painting open source software as insecure, unsupportable and almost unhygienic is not being realistic in my opinion. The reason there aren't many linux folk is because there is no demand for them. If the govt decided that everything on their systems (or at least most) would be foss then thats where the talent will gravitate. It starts with a stance though. On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Agosta Liko <agostal@gmail.com> wrote:
issue is Open Source is free but very few people know linux or mysql as well as the closed guys who know aix and oracel very well.
IT does not matter, all that matters is how well one can support whatever they are deploying ....
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
Given that Kenya is not the first country to make such a move, I see no reason for M$ to spell doom, really.
Kenya can learn and borrow from those countries. I am sure M$ knows that there are countries already fully on FOSS.
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
Isnt it interesting that it is only closed source software vendors spelling doom and gloom?
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 7:34 PM, <awatila@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Last week, the Government issued a warning that in the next three years it will move its IT operations to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), a move that will reduce cost by more than half in IT expenses.
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