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[News] European Union Deals a Blow to Microsoft, Formally Chooses to Increase FOSS Use

  • Subject: [News] European Union Deals a Blow to Microsoft, Formally Chooses to Increase FOSS Use
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:32:18 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
EU: European Commission to increase its use of Open Source

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| The European Commission will take a more pro-active approach to its own use 
| of Open Source. 
| 
| In a document published last week, the EC states among others that the 
| Commission will prefer Open Source software for its new IT projects: "For all 
| new development, where deployment and usage is foreseen by parties outside of 
| the Commission Infrastructure, Open Source Software will be the preferred 
| development and deployment platform."    
| 
| According to the document, the EC is an early adopter of Open Source. A first 
| strategy document on this type of software was presented in 2000. However, it 
| is for the first time the European Commission publishes such a document. 
| Valerie Rampie, spokesperson or Siim Kallas, the European commissioner who is 
| responsible for administrative affairs, said the publication of the strategy 
| is "mainly for information purposes".     
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7403/469

Excellent. Just like the US Navy, which shuts the door on proprietary
software... bad week for Microsoft.


Related:

If Microsoft thinks it's got an EU headache now, just wait

,----[ Quote ]
| And no matter how much Ballmer coos about turning the page and being a good 
| corporate citizen, the Old World's regulatory mandarins still distrust 
| Microsoft. Take a listen to the recording of Kroes' news conference. At one 
| point it sounds as if she's talking about her experience with a used car 
| salesman.    
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http://www.news.com/8301-10787_3-9881219-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


For Microsoft, More European Hurdles Ahead

,----[ Quote ]
| Moreover, the Bush administration has generally taken a favorable line when 
| it comes to mergers, Lande says, because it equates big business with 
| efficiency and benefits for consumers. "The current U.S. enforcers see very 
| little evil out there," when it comes to mergers, Lande adds.   
| 
| Officials from the Justice Department declined to comment on the fine and its 
| implications for the "MicroHoo!" deal, as it has come to be known. But when 
| Microsoft announced its $44.6 billion hostile bid for Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - 
| news - people ) Feb. 1, a Justice spokesperson said that if the department 
| were to consider the merger, it would do so separately from legal wranglings 
| that have gotten Microsoft in hot water with anti-trust regulators on both 
| sides of the Atlantic in recent years.      
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http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/27/microsoft-yahoo-eu-tech-ebiz-cx_bw_ag_0227msftfine.html?partner=yahootix


Unbundling Microsoft Windows

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| Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating 
| system, according to this submission to the European Commission. It says that 
| the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public 
| interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market.   
`----

http://www.globalisation.eu/briefings/competition-policy/unbundling-microsoft-windows-200709231241/


Free-market think tank urges EU to unbundle Windows

,----[ Quote ]
| The Globalisation Institute, a European think-tank run by free market 
| advocates, today went on the offensive against Microsoft, calling on the EU 
| to require all PCs to be sold without operating systems.  
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/09/24/globalisation_institute_windows_bundling/


French consumer group attacks PC software bundling

,----[ Quote ]
| UFC-Que Choisir legal officer Sandra Wouhling said current
| practice effectively forced ordinary consumers to buy computers
| using Microsoft operating systems whereas companies anda
| dministrations were offered a real choice.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061214:MTFH94365_2006-12-14_14-49-22_L14537403&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu


Why the Unbundling Windows Sceptics are Wrong

,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft has introduced a number of measures in recent versions of Windows 
| which are designed to stop piracy of Windows. In effect, they have provided 
| their own answer to this question.  
`----

http://www.cybersource.com.au/users/conz/why_the_unbundling_windows_sceptics_are_wrong.html


For Microsoft, More European Hurdles Ahead

,----[ Quote ]
| Moreover, the Bush administration has generally taken a favorable line when 
| it comes to mergers, Lande says, because it equates big business with 
| efficiency and benefits for consumers. "The current U.S. enforcers see very 
| little evil out there," when it comes to mergers, Lande adds.   
| 
| Officials from the Justice Department declined to comment on the fine and its 
| implications for the "MicroHoo!" deal, as it has come to be known. But when 
| Microsoft announced its $44.6 billion hostile bid for Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - 
| news - people ) Feb. 1, a Justice spokesperson said that if the department 
| were to consider the merger, it would do so separately from legal wranglings 
| that have gotten Microsoft in hot water with anti-trust regulators on both 
| sides of the Atlantic in recent years.      
`----

http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/27/microsoft-yahoo-eu-tech-ebiz-cx_bw_ag_0227msftfine.html?partner=yahootix


Global consortium launches study on open source as a development tool

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| The European Union has awarded a €703,000 (US$ 1 million) grant to a 
| consortium of 11 organizations to explore the use of Free/Libre/Open Source 
| Software (FLOSS) as a development tool.  
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/unu-gcl021908.php


European spend on open source software hits 22bn Euros

,----[ Quote ]
| Rishab Ghosh, a senior researcher at the UN University in Maastricht,
| will tell the Open Ireland conference in Dublin that the spend in the
| US on free/libre or open source software (FLOSS) stands at 36bn
| Euros and accounts for 20pc of software spend in the US.
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http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single7850


Source of the revolution

,----[ Quote ]
| According to Ghosh, the notional value of Europe's investment in
| free/libre or open source software (FLOSS) today is e22bn,
| representing 20.5pc of the region's total software investment.
| Spending on OSS stands at e36bn and accounts for 20pc of software
| expenditure in the US.
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http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8105

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