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Microsoftâs e-government browser in Austria: Just a good service or a play to increase market share?
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| Microsoft and the Government of Austria
| collaborated on the Project âDigital Austria
| Explorer.â Microsoft developed a menu bar for
| the iExplorer (see below for an example).
|
| [...]
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| Is it a problem that this service is only
| available via an exclusive platform? The
| Government of Austria argues: âWe have no
| problems when somebody approaches us with a
| good idea. Next time we will work together
| with someone else. If other browsers also
| want to offer this service, we would not say
| no.â Without any doubt, this is a good
| service and a great example of what Nick
| Vitalari talks about when he discusses the
| role of public-private ecosystems. However I
| believe that, in general, the goal of the
| government should be to use open platforms,
| even if it means investing taxpayerâs money.
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http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/04/microsofts-e-government-browser-in-austria-just-a-good-service-or-a-play-to-increase-market-share/
Recent:
Open Government Data in Austria
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| Open government data initiatives around the
| world are a big chance to make a change and
| present success stories and incentives to the
| public and policy makers. Of course, it will be
| a question of which data sets to open and what
| the consequences are. In a workshop with Rufus
| Pollock we could see that there are big
| differences between Austrian and Anglo-American
| and Scandinavian mentality: before we do
| something, we think out all possible (bad)
| consequences. Which is good, but firstly, this
| might take a while, secondly, we might think of
| more problems than there will actually turn
| out, and thirdly, sometimes the overall social
| benefit will just exceed costs.
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http://blog.okfn.org/2010/04/28/open-government-data-in-austria/
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