____/ BearItAll on Monday 15 October 2007 16:54 : \____
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:05:38 +0100, [H]omer wrote:
>
>> Dutch Vista victims are not happy bunnies:
>>
>> .----
>> | In a recent meeting between the Dutch Consumers’ Union
>> | (Consumentenbond) and Microsoft Netherlands, the consumer
>> | organization asked for free copies of Windows XP for members who
>> | were having problems with Vista. Microsoft, of course, refused.
>> |
>> | The refusal has led Consumentenbond to call on consumers to
>> | explicitly ask for Windows XP when purchasing a new computer and
>> | for shops to provide free Windows XP packages to those dissatisfied
>> | with Vista.
>> `----
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2lesa6 (vista.blorge.com)
>>
>> Hmm, if they want a Free replacement that, unlike Vista, actually works,
>> they should look here:
>>
>> http://distrowatch.com/
>
> Vista has a long way to go. I put a video on my web site in .mov, because
> I thought that everyone could see those these days and got grumbles from a
> vista guy because they haven't got a player for those yet.
Don't worry about the Dutch. Microsoft has clearly lost its grip on them by
now. Just recently:
Open source test successful
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| 28 September 2007 - A test with open source software has been successful and
| there are no technical impediments to introducing such software in the entire
| municipal organisation, Amsterdam announced this week at a meeting organised
| by the Ministry of the Interior.
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http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/English/2007/09/open_source_success.htm
Dutch politcal party's youth department switching to open source software
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| DWARS, the youth department of Dutch political party GroenLinks, wants open
| source software to be the standard for computers and internet.
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http://digg.com/linux_unix/Dutch_politcal_party_s_youth_department_switching_to_open_source_software
Decision on open source in December
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| If the outcome is positive, 10,000 municipality employees will change to open
| source software.
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http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/English/2007/09/open_source.htm
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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