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Microsoft, DigitalEurope and the dignity of a public website
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| It is well understood that Microsoft is
| keen to get the governments into âeSkillsâ
| because it is the smart thing to do.
| Essentially your customers are trained
| with public funds on how to use your
| popular products. For the past decade the
| company has been a committed driver behind
| all eSkills programmes in the European
| Union. Nothing wrong with this, I guess it
| is a âWin-Winâ and a matter of social
| responsibility to enhance the ICT skills
| of citizens, in particular disadvantaged
| ones and elderly people.
|
| [...]
|
| And when you look into the contact
| information of the website you find that
| the website is run by:
|
| Magali MERINDOL
| DIGITALEUROPE Communications Officer
| T. +32 2 609 5315 M. +32 477 229 939
| E. magali.merindol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| www.digitaleurope.org
|
| In other words the Communication officer
| of an European ICT lobbying group
| DIGITALEUROPE is responsible for the
| contents of an EU Commission website. Or
| as they explain:
|
| This ground breaking initiative of the
| European Commissionâs DG Enterprise
| and Industry is coordinated by
| DIGITALEUROPE and European Schoolnet
| in conjunction with twenty national
| partners.
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http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/digitaleuropepublicdignity/
Recent:
FSFE to EC: Donât waste an opportunity with a hasty deal
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| High Noon in Brussels. At the end of her term, competition
| Commissioner Neelie Kroes is wrapping up two open cases
| against Microsoft. The company offered to settle in July 2009.
|
| FSFE is involved in both of cases. We are concerned that the
| Commission may end up reversing years of successful antitrust
| work if Neelie Kroes settles for far too little in order to
| close a deal, any deal. That would mean that Europeans remain
| stuck with the present Microsoft monopoly in most areas of the
| desktop. Even worse, that monopoly would have the Commissionâs
| official seal of approval, effectively ruining many years of
| outstanding work by Ms Kroes and her team.
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http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/?p=263
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