[Discussioni] IBM, HP e Sun e la comunità FLOSS come forza lavoro a basso costo

[Antonio Memo]

Un alto funzionario della Commissione critica le multinazionali del 
software e spinge la comunità FLOSS a un atteggiamento più indipendente.

Non saprei bene se prenderlo come un segnale di interesse e di coraggio 
o di ignoranza con qualche eco di presa per i fondelli.

ciao

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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39194786,00.htm

"Jesús Villasante, the head of software technologies at the EC's 
Information Society and Media Directorate General, said that big 
companies such as IBM, HP and Sun are just using the open source 
community as subcontractors rather than encouraging the community to 
develop independent commercial products."

[...]

"Open source communities need to take themselves seriously and realise 
they have contribution to themselves and society. From the moment they 
realise they are part of the evolution of society and try to influence 
it, we will be moving in the right direction," said Villasante.

[...]

Villasante argued that open source is vital to the development of the 
European software industry, but that its progress has been inhibited by 
pressure from intellectual-property lobbyists and the traditional 
software industry, and by the fragmentation of the open source community.

"Open source is a complete mess -- many people do lots of different 
things. There's total confusion today," Villasante said.

A member of the audience pointed out that the European Commission was 
partly responsible for pushing through the software patent directive, 
which many believe will damage open source. Villasante responded that 
not everyone at the EC automatically supports this directive.