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EU Commish Hearts Open Software, Open Standards
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| "As new form-factors such as netbooks and MIDs (mobile Internet devices)
| bring Linux to users, they are often and largely unaware of the operating
| system. Distributions such as Ubuntu, Xandros and others have proven Linux
| can be as easy to use as Windows. Vendors are also making Linux easier to
| run, offering options to run Linux inside of Windows, alongside Windows, on
| USB and LiveCDs, so that complication/difficulty factor is changing," he
| explained.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63370.html?welcome=1213463475
Why Microsoft's EU problem isn't going away
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| The company has already racked up more fines than any other company in the
| history of European antitrust enforcement. Earlier this year, the EU hit
| Microsoft with a $1.3 billion penalty for failing to comply with a 2004
| antitrust ruling and for charging "unreasonable" prices to rivals seeking
| documentation for workgroup servers. In recent months, however, Microsoft has
| pushed a charm offensive. But whatever thaw it had with Kroes has proved
| short-lived.
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| "There were couple times Ballmer came out beaming from meetings (with Kroes)
| thinking they had ironed out remaining issues. But Europe's a different
| animal," said Michael Cusumano, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
| Technology's Sloan School of Management. "It's the place where the
| open-source movement originated and they don't really have any dominant
| infrastructure players. Their history is that Europe's market has been
| fractured across different countries with different laws."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9968239-60.html
There's no "open-source movement" and neither Open Source nor Free software
originated in Europe. But the 'expert' says so...
Recent:
MEPs Question Microsoft's Eligibility for Gov't Projects
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| The Commission, which has not responded yet, is allowed a few weeks to reply.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144591/meps_question_microsofts_eligibility_for_govt_projects.html
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
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