[kictanet] Can we learn from the French?

[Dennis Kioko]

Maybe the French President should start by first re-looking the 45% and 75%
taxation rates?

On 2 May 2013 09:38, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:

> Daktari, am sure there is a lot we can learn from the French. One of the
> reason why the rich countries are rich is because they believe in getting
> value fo every penny that they spend. As the Brits say, take care of the
> pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. Its about investing
> our resources where we will get the best value.
>
> Jacques Marzin, the French state CIO, confirmed on Monday that government
> is working hard at implementing the Open Source Guidelines signed last year
> by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. The guidelines promote the use of free
> softwares and open source in French ministries.
>
> M. Marzin was one of the speakers at a conference called the "Etats
> généraux de l’Open Source", the first organized in France by the government
> and Syntec Numérique, an IT trade union.
> See this link:
> France's CIO: 'Implementation of Open Source Guidelines on its way'<http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/frances-cio-implementation-open-source-guidelines-its-way>
>
> "Open source allows us to spend our resources smarter", the CIO said. It
> also promotes the use of open standard to make government’s systems more
> interoperable. "It is like building one unique system". Free software and
> open source are a way to promote the concept of sharing the building of IT
> systems in government and help to modernise the state.
>
> The french state spend annually 3,8 billion euro in its IT, including 300
> million euro in software licences et support. "We have to remain more and
> more vigilant and every services have to be efficient", he explained.
> Ikua
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Bitange Ndemo <bitange at jambo.co.ke>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/04/30/10-pro-startup-measures-francois-hollande-announced-this-week/
>>
>>
>> Ndemo.
>>
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