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[News] Microsoft Loses Love in Ecuador, Locked Out (and Free Software Wins)

Ecuador migrates to Free Software and Open Standards

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| On April 10, 2008, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa Delgado signed a decree 
| ordering that the software used by public administrations in the country be 
| free software (and implicitly based on open standards). Fuller story in 
| Spanish...   
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http://www.digistan.org/forum/t-52909/ecuador-migrates-to-free-software-and-open-standards

Adios, mafia.

Euro MP calls for Microsoft ban

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| No purchases until Redmond plays ball
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2214126/euro-mp-calls-microsoft-ban


Related:

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| "Working behind the scenes to orchestrate "independent" praise of our 
| technology, and damnation of the enemy's, is a key evangelism function during 
| the Slog. "Independent" analyst's report should be issued, praising your 
| technology and damning the competitors (or ignoring them). "Independent" 
| consultants should write columns and articles, give conference presentations 
| and moderate stacked panels, all on our behalf (and setting them up as 
| experts in the new technology, available for just $200/hour). "Independent" 
| academic sources should be cultivated and quoted (and research money 
| granted). "Independent" courseware providers should start profiting from 
| their early involvement in our technology. Every possible source of leverage 
| should be sought and turned to our advantage."          
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                        --- Microsoft, internal document
                        http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/Comes-3096.pdf


Success for free software in Latin America!

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| And today was the day that the president elect pronounced himself in
| favor of migrating to free software!
| 
| [...]
| 
| Ecuador is a small country, with a population hovering around 13
| million inhabitants. About 80% of the population is poor. A good
| half of the entire population barely has resources to eat.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Evidently, monopoly rents (licenses) in proprietary software are
| simply incompatible with our economy. If we want to take advantage
| of computers, our only options are the GNU and Linux systems ands
| oftware out there. Otherwise, we'll be attempting to out-compete
| the competition, using their ground rules. Ha!
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http://rudd-o.com/archives/2006/12/13/%c2%a1success-for-free-software-in-latin-america/


Recent:

EU: Europarlement testing Ubuntu, OpenOffice and Firefox

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| The European Parliament's IT department is testing the use of GNU/Linux 
| distribution Ubuntu, OpenOffice, Firefox and other Open Source applications, 
| the British MEP James Nicholson explained last week in a letter to Italian 
| MEP Marco Cappato.   
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7565


Is Microsoft Now Banned from EU Contracts?

http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=697&blogid=14


Euro MP thinks Microsoft should be banned from government contracts

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/10/member-eu-parliament-asks


Green MEP says Microsoft should be excluded from EU contract awarding procedure

http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/106338/from/rss09


Recent:

EC probes OOXML standards-setting process

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| A spokesman for the European Commissioner for Competition, Neelie Kroes, told 
| The Register that regulators were continuing to scrutinise interoperability 
| issues related to Microsoft’s products following complaints from the 
| Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) group.   
| 
| As part of that process, the EC formally contacted a number of national 
| standards bodies, including the Norwegian Standards Institute (NSI), 
| requesting more details about possible irregularities in the OOXML 
| standardisation process.   
| 
| [...]
| 
| “It must be stressed that it is not the Commission's intention to influence 
| the outcome of this process, but the Commission considers it essential to 
| ensure that European competition law is not violated in the course of the 
| standard setting process,” he said in an email to El Reg.   
| 
| In January the EC began formal anti-trust probes against Microsoft in two 
| cases where it was alleged that the multinational firm had abused its strong 
| market position. As part of the investigation into the first case, the 
| Commission said that it would scrutinise OOXML on the grounds that the 
| specification doesn't work with those of competitors.    
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/04/ooxml_ec_investigation_iso/


Related:

EU Commission Investigating Microsoft's MSOOXML Push

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| I hope they think to investigate the smear campaigns that seem to always 
| happen to anyone on the other side from Microsoft. What happened to Peter 
| Quinn was by no means unique.  
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080208151410252


Corrupt countries were more likely to support the OOXML document format

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| Is this just a random coincidence? The median of the CPI index of the above 
| mentioned 70 countries is 3.95. Of the most corrupted half (CPI index less 
| than 3.95) 23 or 77% voted for approval (approval or approval with comments) 
| and 7 or 23% for disapproval; 5 abstained. Of the least corrupted half (CPI 
| index more than 3.95) 13 or 54% voted for approval and 11 or 46% voted for 
| disapproval; 11 abstained - see the table below.      
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http://www.effi.org/blog/kai-2007-09-05.en.html

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