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To: antiRepublicrat
I've asked before why we were buying a $1,000 Windows license for a static Web or file server (as opposed to free) and just got dull stares in return.

I agree with you that these types of spending decisions should be thought through completely. All options should be carefully considered, and no supplier should be given a rubber stamp approval every time.

85 posted on 11/12/2003 9:05:22 PM PST by TheEngineer
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To: TheEngineer
All options should be carefully considered, and no supplier should be given a rubber stamp approval every time.

Agreed, neither proprietary nor Open Source (and to go on a tangent, neither minority-owned nor white-owned, etc.). However, I do believe that under objective circumstances, OSS and other free software models will win the majority of the time. It could be that is a fact, and that fact makes any fair competition bill look like an OSS-proponency bill because it will naturally advance OSS due to its generally better price/performance ratio.

88 posted on 11/12/2003 9:09:44 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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