On 26 October 2010 13:23, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know about anyone else, but I couldn't possibly care less what office software the Foundation uses. I suppose the paranoid conspiracy theory of a Google takeover fueled by illicit access to WMF data doesn't strike me as remotely realistic.
Nathan
+1
It is very important that all software used in the direct delivery of the Wikimedia projects is F/LOSS but I don't see why that requires the WMF (or Chapters) to not be allowed to used proprietary software for the other elements necessary to run the organisational side of things (as mentioned: email, calendars, documents). The WMF (and chapters) use open source systems for these things when possible (e.g. Linux OS, CiviCRM for fundraising, OpenOffice for wordprocessing). But this shouldn't mean that proprietary systems are not allowed when they get these organisational functions done well/better.
-Liam
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