Law / Linux, Unix, and Open Source in Poland [119]

Here is a great piece of news! The government of Hungary plans to go 50 percent Open Source, a big leap from propietary software.

Some quotes:

- "The Hungarian government has announced that it will be modifying procurement rules to allow open source to be used in public sector organisations. Previously, procurement rules had apparently named vendors such as Microsoft and Novell."

- "It will be the first time that open source solutions will gain the same equal status as proprietary vendors in centralised public sector tenders."

- "This recognition of open source by the Hungarian government will hopefully also encourage the private sector to investigate the potential of non-proprietary software to cut cost during these tough economic times."

Government of Poland, are you listening? Make the announcement and the move.

News / THOUSANDS OF YOUNG ISRAELIS FLOODING POLAND [93]

Pawian, let's assume that approximately 300 Catholic Poles were responsible for painting the anti-Jewish graffiti you presented, presumably in Kraków. That doesn't mean a nation of 38 million people are held collectively responsible for the racist acts of a few skin heads. It doesn't justify labelling an entire nation as being anti-semitic. Individuals are responsible for such acts, not an entire nation of people.

Have you been to Israel yet? Thousand upon thousands of young Christian Slavic women have been kidnapped and forced to serve as prostitutes for the mostly Jewish inhabitants living there. That, of course, doesn't indicate that all Israeli Jews are anti-Christian.

Language / Software to convert my keyboard to polish [13]

I use Linux with KDE 4.2.3. If that's what you are using, then on the 'classic' menu, go:

1) K-Menu --> System --> System Settings --> Regional & Language --> Keyboard Layout

2) Click on "Enable Keyboard Layouts"

3) Add "Poland" to the list and make sure it is on top using the arrow keys

4) Click on "Apply"

5) "Polish" fonts will be enabled

Law / Linux, Unix, and Open Source in Poland [119]

The city of Munich, Germany, has implemented a large scale migration to Open Source software. Many other cities in Germany are now following Munich's example. This is an efficient, long-term money saving move for governments and corporations to take during these tough economic times. Warsaw should get on the bandwagon.

"The target is to convert 80 per cent of the [Munich] city council's 14,000 computers to Linux by mid-2012 at the latest. Even earlier, by the end of this year in fact, all the town hall staff are to drop Word, Excel and Internet Explorer and use free OpenOffice software and Firefox, the open-source browser, instead."