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Story: Shadow chancellor slams government over open source

Posted by: pjc158 (Thursday 8 March 2007, 2:04 PM)

Typical MP's talking about something they do not know about

Open source will lead to in the next 5 to 10 years to job losses on top of the jobs we are already losing to to India and China.

There is already a reduction in the number people applying for computer degrees in Univeristies. Who wants to do a degree in computer science if you cannot get a job at the end or nobody is willing to pay you due to the increased use of free software.

As more companies and goverments push for open software it will eventually destroy the computer industry. Not only that countries such as India and China are able to accelerate their use of technology to become more competitive without the costs of paying for software.

I dont suppose Tesco is going to give me free food, BP/Shell free fuel or the goverment is going to allow me not to pay taxes.

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