Los Angeles to Consider Open Source Software 324
lientz writes "According to an article at FederalComputerWeek, the city of Los Angeles is considering using Open Source software as a cost cutting measure. From the article: "...city officials could save $5.2 million by switching to OpenOffice... rather than purchasing a Microsoft Office product at $200 per license for 26,000 desktops. The savings would go to a special fund to hire more employees for the police department, a major focus for city officials right now, he added.""
Police is good (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Heh (Score:5, Funny)
> Now watch microsoft drop that price from 200$ to 10$....
I don't know about that. I called a press conference and announced that I was going to play Doom instead of Age of Empires, and I didn't get one red cent out of the cheap bastards.
Re: You get what you pay for (Score:5, Funny)
> Windows XP, Microsoft Office, and all the rest, these programs actually work.
Get an account, Bill.
Microsoft Response (Score:5, Funny)
Steve B. (Or Bill G.): "You see, open source makes you less safe and secure than windows products...oh wait...crap."
Let's start spreading our own FUD (Score:5, Funny)
Through its licensing fee structure, Microsoft tried to take 100 police officers off the streets of Los Angeles.
Re:Police is good (Score:3, Funny)
This is outrageous! (Score:2, Funny)
The Government wouldn't be able to get away with replacing other workers and contractors with unpaid volunteers--why should people who write software for a living be treated any differently?
What's especially troubling is that this move is motivated by some off-beat political agenda that makes it unpopular to support American industry like Microsoft and Oracle in exchange for using second-rate software developed by kids overseas.
I tried and rejected Open Office. It is an inferior product.
Re: Heh (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Negotiating Ploy? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Negotiating Ploy? (Score:3, Funny)
Can I steal that line?
Re:Police is good (Score:2, Funny)
*Here = planet earth and all of human history
Re:Negotiating Ploy? (Score:3, Funny)