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HU: "Hungary should set up a open source competence centre"
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| The Hungarian government should create an open source competence centre,
| writes the Hungarian Information Society (ITTK), a pressure group, in its
| annual report, published on 7 May.
|
| The group urges the government to increase its awareness of this type of
| software. "The government should is advised to make ODF an official standard
| in all branches of government."
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http://www.osor.eu/news/hu-hungary-should-set-up-a-open-source-competence-centre
Digital Britain: Less a Policy, More a Typo
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| While the digital revolution thunders along at a giddy rate in the real
| world, UK politicians prove to be all mouth and no trousers. Despite the
| rhetoric of making Britain a leader in digital content, the reality is the
| government just doesn't understand that this isn't business as usual, and
| that something has changed fundamentally, and requires a fundamentally
| different approach, not just some fine-tuning of old ideas.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2448
Recent:
Hungarian government goes 50 per cent open source
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| The Hungarian government has announced that it will be modifying procurement
| rules to allow open source to be used in public sector organisations.
| Previously, procurement rules had apparently named vendors such as Microsoft
| and Novell. The new rules, according to Ferenc Baja, deputy minister for
| information technology, will allocate the same amount of money to acquiring
| open source products as to proprietary products. The move was announced at a
| press conference on April 2nd.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Hungarian-government-goes-50-per-cent-open-source--/news/113003
HU: Government withdraws tender requesting proprietary software
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| The Hungarian Central Board for Services, the country's public procurement
| authority, this Tuesday withdrew a tender requesting Microsoft and Novell
| software, worth 25 billion HUF (about 100 million euro). The organisation did
| not provide an explanation.
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http://www.osor.eu/news/hu-government-withdraws-tender-requesting-proprietary-software
HU: Hearing on Competition Office complaint over Microsoft deal
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| The Metropolitan Court's (FÅvÃrosi BÃrÃsÃg) second hearing on a complaint by
| Hungary's Competition Office over a government software tender
| requesting "Microsoft or equivalent solutions" is scheduled for 1 September,
| the Hungarian IT news site IT Cafe reports.
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| The Competition Office in March decided to take the Hungarian Public
| Procurement Authority to court for refusing to annul the 25 billion HUF
| (about a 100 million euro) tender. The request to cancel the software tender
| was filed earlier that same month by three Hungarian IT companies
| specialising in Open Source software solutions, ULX, MultirÃcià and Open SKM.
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| The companies say that the tender is anti-competitive since it explicitly
| calls for Microsoft products.
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| The Public Procurement Authority denied the request.
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http://osor.eu/news/hu-hearing-on-competition-office-complaint-over-microsoft-deal
Steve Ballmer Receives the Egg-treatment in Budapest
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| Update#2: OK, enough of the fun part. As the story circulates people start
| wondering what may be the background, and since the only sources are in
| Hungarian, hereâs a summary of the circumstances:
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| Â Â A Hungarian Government bid, worth $25B Hungarian Forints, roughly $157M
| Â Â was allegedly skewed towards MS. (A âcompetitiveâ bid with wording that
| Â Â all but ensures only Microsoft meets the requirements.) A Hungarian
| Â Â Watchdog Body (sort of like the FTC in the US) challenged the bidding
| Â Â process via the Court system, and a trial date was set for today. The
| Â Â trial was suddenly and unexpectedly rescheduled just as Ballmer arrived
| Â Â in Budapest. So there may be a perception of the Bully lobbying there.
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http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/05/19/steve-ballmer-receives-the-egg-treatment-in-budapest/
Related:
MSOOXML: What Happened in Hungary
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| If you can't do the math, I think the bottom line is, it's looking like
| Microsoft won't let the world say no to OOXML. It couldn't ram it through the
| usual process, with the folks who understand the tech, even with some very
| odd technical committee chairperson goings on. This is the standard that
| couldn't win on merit, in short. Â Â
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070902123701843
Microsoft Office raid in Hungary
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| Such behavior could lead to the exclusion of competitive products from
| the market and violate European Union rules, according to the authority
| known as the GVH.
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/26/ap3957835.html
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