[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[bill]

On 1/5/2024 9:41 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 13:43:42 -0500, bill wrote:
> 
>> How about the US Government.
> 
> In Europe, Governmental organizations seem a bit more open to adopting
> non-proprietary systems.
> 
> The most notorious case has to be the Munich city council, which moved to
> Linux years ago, then faced a massive pressure campaign from Microsoft
> (aided and abetted by HP, I think it was, at one stage) to try to make it
> appear that they were worse off as a result. Which they were not.

My point exactly.  If the US Government were somehow convinced to drop
MS, how long do you think they would continue?  But the decision to use
MS products is not in any way technology based.

bill