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E.U. Snubs Microsoft on Office Systems
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| Ms. Kroes has fought bitterly with Microsoft over the past four years,
| accusing the U.S. software giant of defying her orders and fining the company
| nearly $2.68 billion for violating European competition rules. But the speech
| was her strongest recommendation yet to jettison Microsoft products, which
| are based on proprietary standards, and to use rival operating systems to run
| computers.
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| “I know a smart business decision when I see one — choosing open standards is
| a very smart business decision indeed,” Ms. Kroes told a conference in
| Brussels. “No citizen or company should be forced or encouraged to choose a
| closed technology over an open one.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/technology/11microsoft.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Being open about standards - Neelie Kroes
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/317&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
EU pushes for open-source standards as 'smart business'
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| The EU's top antitrust official on Tuesday called for governments to favor
| open-source software for their own use, taking aim at Microsoft Corp.
| for 'locking in' customers to their proprietary technology.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/10/business/EU-FIN-TEC-EU-Open-Software.php
Microsoft sucks 8,136,000 EUR each year out of the European Commission
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| Commission pays Microsoft each year 226EUR for its office infrastructure.
| Commission has approx 36,000 users. Make the math. Commission makes
| also "open" tenders which prefers Microsoft products.
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-66103/microsoft-sucks-8-136-000-eur-each-year-out-of-the-european-commission
Recent:
EU: Europarlement testing Ubuntu, OpenOffice and Firefox
http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7565
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