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Geneviève Leblanc

Lowering education's cost through free or open source tech | eSchool News | 2 - 0 views

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avantages cost free open source

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  • Because free or open source software can be distributed freely, schools could provide the same software packages to students. This assures an equal opportunity for students to use the same software from school to home.
Geneviève Leblanc

Gros projet informatique à la CSCV - Actualités - Info07 - La Petite-Nation - 0 views

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avantages projet open source free

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  • 50 % de notre parc informatique ne pouvait le supporter
  • rallonge la durée de vie des équipements informatiques
  • ertaines clés USB des maisons d'édition n'étaient pas compatibles avec Linux.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • après quelques ajustements, les clés USB de deux des trois principales maisons d'édition sont maintenant fonctionnelles.
  • Notre équipe a été en mesure de remplir ce mandat
Geneviève Leblanc

Is There Such a Thing as Free Software? The Pros and Cons of Open-Source Software (EDUC... - 0 views

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open source avantages cost

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  • When appropriately managed, the use of open-source software can provide an institution with more effective and less costly software solutions.
  • One of the most common misconceptions about OSS is that its use is free. While OSS typically comes without direct costs such as license fees, there are indirect support costs associated with all software.
  • No license fee is required for initial license acquisition; subsequent license quantity increases; license renewals, updates, upgrades, and/or home use.
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  • Payment is required for initial license acquisition, subsequent license quantity increases, and upgrades; additional payment may be required for license renewals, updates, and/or home use.
  • Some incompatibility exists between OSS licenses (for example, the BSD is compatible with GPL, but not the inverse), limiting the ability to use some OSS products with others.
  • Mature PS products offer more features than their OSS counterparts.
  • PS vendors often structure products as suites instead of modules and store user content in proprietary formats, making it difficult to replace the product and leading to vendor lock-in.
  • greater flexibility.
  • customize
  • External support is only available for a fee
  • Support is also available via the OSS product’s user community:
  • he lack of alternatives reduces user leverage during negotiations
  • n-house support is possible, but is more challenging due to the unavailability of the source code.
  • t is possible to negotiate with a PS vendor to provide indemnification
  • do not provide the user with IP indemnificatio
  • Does it provide the required features and functions?
  • no expiration date
  • no cost,
  • It’s not always obvious how to identify and obtain a particular OSS solution; additional internal resources may be required to do so
  • There are clearer avenues for identifying and obtaining PS products than with OSS
  • taff will need to proactively maintain knowledge of updates and upgrades.
  • dentifying a reliable source for version updates can be challenging without third-party support
  • require sustained community participation from skilled programmers to remain viable.
  • PS vendors may decide to not allow a user to remain on a prior version
Geneviève Leblanc

La France passe au libre - 0 views

circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/...cir_35837.pdf

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  • Geneviève Leblanc on 10 Jun 14
     
    Le cas du passage au libre dans l'administration française, dans le détail.
Geneviève Leblanc

L'Allemagne abandonne le logiciel libre, trop contraignant à déployer - 1 views

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allemagne logiciel libre gouvernement

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  • Geneviève Leblanc on 12 Jun 14
     
    Un étonnement revirement de situation. Le gouvernement allemand retourne aux logiciels propriétaires.
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