Re: french police move to linux

"Bruno @gmail.com>" <ignorante<remove> wrote

WAKE UP CodeGear!!!!!!

Forget .Net and focus on linux and web.

I'm pretty sure the French police is not leaving a proprietary OS to be able
to use proprietary applications reliant on an even more proprietary vendor:

<q>
There are three reasons behind the move, Geraud said at the Solution Linux
2008 conference here. The first is to diversify suppliers and reduce the
force's reliance on one company, the second is to give the gendarmerie
mastery of the operating system and the third is cost, he said.

</q>

Let's see: Delphi applications on linux would be totally reliant on one
shaky company, closed source, and likely not free. So three strikes there.

The reasons why Kylix was a failure are still there and strong as ever.

PS. OK, so maybe a fourth, unofficial reason may be the anti-American
feeling. And I can see how Borland would fare better in this area (!).


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