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‘Microsoft lobbyist criticises Amsterdam’
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| Recently, Microsoft was sharply criticised by the Amsterdam city council. It
| appears that Microsoft is now hitting back by running Amsterdam down in the
| corridors of the European Parliament. Or is it?
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| Amsterdam wants to lead the way in the introduction of so-called open source
| software in order to become less dependent on large corporations such as
| Microsoft. Recently, the company caused irritation by reportedly forcing an
| unneeded software subscription worth 800,000 euro on the municipality.
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http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/en/2009/05/%E2%80%98microsoft-lobbyist-criticises-amsterdam%E2%80%99
Related:
Domino: The Netherlands
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| It is hard to believe, but Heise reports that Microsoft was threatening the
| Dutch government to sue it before the European Court of Juctice which would
| be a competition case.
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-31230/domino:the-netherlands
FOSS in Dutch government
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| There will be an office where people can complain if they cannot communicate
| with the government using open standards. So non-compliance of government
| agencies will be measured.
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http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3142
Dutch government threatens to sideline Microsoft
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| Proposed legislation that would mandate the use of the Open Document Format
| (ODF) across the entire Dutch government has infuriated Microsoft.
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| [...]
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| Microsoft Netherlands has engaged in fierce lobbying in an attempt to derail
| the plan. The company argues that the current definition is too narrow,
| specifically by mandating ODF rather than open standards in general
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http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/12/10/dutch/index.phpon-linux
Netherlands Picks ODF
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| Frank Heemskerk, Minister of Economic Affairs, announced today that ODF will
| be the standard for reading, publishing and the exchange of information for
| all governmental organisations. The deadline is January 2009.
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http://gotze.eu/2007/09/netherlands-picks-odf.html
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