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Европейската комисия е изготвила документ, оценяващ влиянието на отворения софтуер върху конкурентноспособността на европейския IT сектор.
Черновата на доклада е тук
http://ec.europa.eu/enterpr....act.pdfНякои интересни извадки от него. Първо заключението:
Our findings show that, in almost all the cases, a transition toward open source reports
of savings on the long term – costs of ownership of the software products.
Costs to migrate to an open solution are relevant and an organization needs to
consider an extra effort for this. However these costs are temporary and manly are budgeted
in less than one year. The major factor of cost of the new solution – even in the case that the
open solution is mixed with closed software – is costs for peer or ad hoc training. These are
the best example of intangible costs that often are not foreseen in a transition. On the other
hand not providing a specific training may cause and adverse attitude toward the new
technology. Fortunately those costs are limited in time and are not strictly linked to the nature
of the new software adopted.
We also investigated the productivity of the employees in using Microsoft office and
OpenOffice.org. Office suites are widely used and are a good test bed and representative for a
comparison on issues like effort and time spent in the daily routine of work. Delays in the
task deliveries may have a bigger impact than costs on the organization's management. Our
findings report no particular delays or lost of time in the daily work due to the use of
OpenOffice.org.
Интересни са и препоръките. Май е доста в противоречие с това което най-новите членове на ЕС правят
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Public R&D: dissemination rules and funding models....
Innovation incentives: do not penalise FLOSS.....
Equitable tax treatment: FLOSS is a donation....(!!! на дали скоро ще го разберат нашите гумени глави)
Education: avoid lifetime vendor lock-in for students (я да видим какво мисли въпросното министерство за това!!!
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