Software darwinism.In your article "Standing up to Redmond Redmond, city (1990 pop. 35,800), King co., W Wash., a suburb of Seattle, on Lake Sammamish; inc. 1912. Its economy centers around computer software (Microsoft Corp. " (Jane 2004), the author concludes that a region-wide open-source software policy will provide "the way" for Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. to truly prosper. While we applaud, and indeed urge, lawmakers to use cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. purchases of information and communication technology to help grow their economies, such bias toward open-source software would likely accomplish the opposite result. Artificially protecting through bias any single segment of the market will thwart this vibrant ecology ecology, study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology. , removing the invaluable tension that makes these solutions better for government and citizens. Rather than erecting protected biospheres that favor one type of software over another, governments and their citizens would be better served if the ecosystem naturally selects the best, most cost effective solutions for the task at hand. Only in fostering this ecology will greater choice, and thus more opportunities, proliferate pro·lif·er·ate v. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring. . Gilberto Galan Director, Initiative for Software Choice Latin American Region Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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