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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Ten of the biggest Dutch municipalities say 'enough!' to Microsoft
>
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>| Therefore, the conclusion is, open source in the Netherlands goes
>| from the bottom to the top. It might have to do with influence: It
>| is far easier for companies like Microsoft to influence/lobby the
>| 'one' federal government, than it is to influence about 460
>| different municipalities. Slowly and a bit hesitant, but surely -
>| and rather unstoppable, open source and open standards are making
>| its way in the Dutch government.
> `----
>
> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/77291/index.html
An interesting argument. Certainly, Microsoft did well with their
bribery at Newham Council (one of the London Boroughs), but were
unsuccessful with Birmingham City. Previous examples included the
Central Scotland Police, where they went Linux/OpenOffice, but Microsoft
came along with lots of FUD and got them back onto Windows.
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