[News] Some Government Now Fund Free Software, All Students in France Use FOSS - Linux

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

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> | "All students in France use open source," says Bertrand Diard, CEO and
> | co-founder of Talend, a French pioneer of open source data integration
> | software. "A lot of universities in the U.S., except probably MIT, use
> | traditional tools like Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP." As a result, open
> | source talent is more prevalent in France, Diard says; development is
> | faster, and software quality is higher because French developers aren't
> | distracted by proprietary and competing technology. "The culture of open
> | source is more advanced here."
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10028891-16.html


Thats probably why micoshaft and all its asstroturfers spend a lot of time
fighting French students to curtail their freedoms.

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Could governments effectively subsidize open-source development?

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| "All students in France use open source," says Bertrand Diard, CEO and
| co-founder of Talend, a French pioneer of open source data integration
| software. "A lot of universities in the U.S., except probably MIT, use
| traditional tools like Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP." As a result, open source
| talent is more prevalent in France, Diard says; development is faster, and
| software quality is higher because French developers aren't distracted by
| proprietary and competing technology. "The culture of open source is more
| advanced here."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10028891-16.html


Related:

France pins hopes of growth on open-source software

http://open.itworld.com/4915/061205f...en/page_1.html


French National Assembly switches to Linux

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7687


Free Ubuntu laptops for French students

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/597


French consumer protectionists are demanding PCs without preinstalled
software

http://www.heise.de/english/newstick...605/from/rss09


French consumer group attacks PC software bundling

http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articl...mktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu


French police deal blow to Microsoft

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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...LZ3IeRaIH03x6w


French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Choose Mandriva

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| The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries chose to migrate its local
| servers (about 400 machines) from Windows NT Server to Mandriva
| Corporate Server 4.0, within two years.
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http://www.mandriva.com/company/pres...hoose_mandriva
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