Hi Logan,
I definely agree to what you said.
Just to relate, the PSSA had sent a mail to all private schools recently requesting them to legally license their Windows Machine.
This issue is hot topic currently at work. We have suggested the Management to chose between two options 1) Buy Get Genuine Kits from Microsoft and 2) Implement Open Source OS.
In an economic point of view it prevents the management from spending much money but the constraint is about the students, the manuals currently being in use and even most of the I.T educators are not well versed in Linux.
Sometimes other factors like these makes implementation of FOSS difficult.
Regards,
Cédric Poottaren
Software developer
http://jcplaboratory.org
--- Original Message ---
From: "Loganaden Velvindron" <loganaden_at_gmail.com>
Sent: May 28, 2015 7:59 PM
To: "S Moonesamy" <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Cc: "Ish Sookun" <ishwon_at_opensuse.org>, mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
Subject: Re: National Open Source Software Policy
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:27 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Ish,
> At 22:23 27-05-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I am aware that Linux is the kernel and that is why when I use the
>> word I concatenate it with "& Open Source Software". Explaining about the
>> kernel (Linux) helps in telling people why they cannot run a Windows program
>> on a Linux distribution natively, as the kernel is different and they way
>> the system interpret calls, its libraries and all are different. Once the
>> word Linux is used topics like system architecture etc follows.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong with the approach.
>
>
> I am copying this message to Logan as he pointed out that he is a Linux
> developer. I suggest waiting for him to provide his opinion about the
> above.
>
Hi SM,
It all depends on the target audience, and their needs which are not
immediately satisfied by non-Open Source software.
-If people would like to surf on "interesting" websites, but do not
want to their Windows computers to get slow due to the large number of
malware, then GNU/Linux is a good choice. This may look funny, but you
would be surprised at the number of people who have switched because
of this :)
- A lot of students use Open Source tools on Windows environment. They
often have to deal with configuration issues if they want to have
graphics support for some libraries for their projects. I saw that
happen many times in UoM/UDM/UTM. Hey, we have something better for
you in the GNU/Linux world, and it's less complicated to setup.
- Businesses who cannot afford to pay license fees often resort to
pirated software. When they are audited, they might get busted. At
this point, I think that it's good to point out that it's possible for
them to be legally compliant on GNU/Linux. If they are interested,
they should pay for proper support which is a fraction of the cost of
proprietary software support. Small busineses are still winners when
they consider moving to FOSS.
-Anybody who would like to add to this list, please don't hesitate :)
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
Received on Thu May 28 2015 - 19:21:18 PST