Richard Rasker <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Philip wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Greece sell-out Proposal
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Microsoft Hellas proposes a contract that will take over control of the
>>> | sovereign European state. Greece would lose the right to speak about
>>> | other products its government uses and gain the right to support the
>>> | business interests of the vendor and its policy goals.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | Nice proposal, Microsoft will help Greece to spy on its ICT
>>> | infrastructure in order to weaken the procurement power of Greece for
>>> | the benefit of the supplier. Win-Win, right?
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-35281/greece-sell-out-proposal
>
> Not that I like being the devil's advocate, but someone here is in serious
> need of some language education. Here's the criticized text snippet:
>
> "WHEREAS, the Government has, and will maintain, full discretion to
> procure software products and/or services from vendors other than MIOL;"
>
> This means exactly the opposite from what this podmokle person thinks it
> means -- it literally means that the Greek government can buy software from
> other suppliers if and when they desire to do so, and that the Microsoft
> deal isn't exclusive in any way.
>
The quote talks about losing the capability to speak about usage,
though. This would be a typical Microsoft clause, of course, for anyone
daft enough to sign it (like Novell!).
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