* Fabian Keil freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de [2010-03-30 20:48:42 +0200]:
| Visible effects of Open Standards are that you can: | | * Choose any operating system or application and still be able to | read and edit all your old documents.
Any?
For a letter to different ministries we changed that to: "Choose between different operating systems..." I think this solves the problem.
| * Collaborate with others regardless of which software they are using.
Really?
Why not?
| * Use any software of your choice to interact with your government.
Even if my government would be using Open Standards in measurable quantities, I'd still be limited to software that actually supports those standards.
Yes. I agree. What's your point?
| * lower taxes as a result of more effective governmental | IT solutions that avoid the cost of lock-in
DFD is 2010-03-31, not 2010-04-01, right?
I don't doubt that governments could save a lot of money on IT solutions if they could get there act together in regard to Open Standards, but I find it hard to believe that this would lead to reduced taxes.
You're right, we should probably remove that "lower taxes" part.
Best wishes, Matthias