OldHawk777's Journal: WikiLeaks provides an EU Software Strategy view

WikiLeaks http://88.80.13.160 Source

The influence is not stone-toss obvious, but the referenced PDFs do provide some interesting reading. WikiLeaks Title: Documents expose the influence of US lobbies on the EU WorkGroup on Open Source, 2009 http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Documents_expose_the_influence_of_US_lobbies_on_the_EU_WorkGroup_on_Open_Source%2C_2009

I was interested in the V3-pdf https://www.cepis.org/files/cepis/docs/20090506040545_European Software Strategy v3..pdf ideas and what I thought was an obvious (USA NOW typica!) lack of vision/prescience. Yes, it was not a favorable OSS review. A bit simple/single minded for academic EU quality, which does indicates some corporatism-bias (anti-Capitalism) and profit motive surreptitiously insulting OSS.

Anyway, I was surprised that the obvious to me was totally overlooked. Software/product is not the means to innovation, synergy, economic growth....

The ROI/value is enabling folks to have greater means. Technology, software/hardware/services... when enabling people to do far more with far less provides innovation, synergy, economic growth.... Learning is the key enabler for all people/things/time/value.... The ability to share, collaborate and innovate with other folks always has a synergistic effect, and adds the apt/agile evolving economic value.

Anyway, am I right to think that the wealth of a nation/union are the people/citizens learning and sharing?

Can a nation and an economy be secure, stable and strong when we focus on enabling technologies for people and local communities?

What do /. folks think...?

The alphabet, the wheel, agriculture, horse domestication, bio/nanotech, robots, cars, hardware/software are all enablers of human production, performance, cultural evolution... the real economic stuff that create greater wealth for more or less (government/corporatist dependent).