[plug] Gates: 'Linux makes interoperability harder'

[Bob Linus]

I think Gates is talking about interoperability standards versus open
source.  There was a mention about this difference on the WA Gov.
opensource website.

Reference:
http://www.opensource.wa.gov.au/News/news_item.2004-10-12.2254434430

Open Source and Open Standards
Open Source and Open Standards Do we really need both in Australian government?

In a recently published interview in the IT trade press, Victoria's
new CTO, Tony Aitkenhead, made the claim that what governments needed
to pursue in order to improve software value was open standards rather
than open source software. Is this view correct? What benefits do each
of these bring to government computing? How do they differ? Could
governments in Australia benefit from open standards more than they
would from open source? Should open standards be mandated for the
procurement of computer software? Let's see if we can answer some of
these questions.

Full article in CIO Government
http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;3054727;fp;4;fpid;21

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