Re: [News] Microsoft Loses Grip in London, Dumped by City Council
Roy Schestowitz wrote:
London council dumps Microsoft, may go open source instead
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NEWHAM LONDON Borough Council has scrapped the controversial
10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with
Microsoft in 2004 and drawn up a new agreement with a new
set of deliverables.
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The tide has turned ....
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The council decided Microsoft's flagship government contract
failed to demonstrate its value, four years after it was signed.
The revelation will be a boon to the open source movement after
years of being faced down in the public sector by the shining
example of Newham, which chose Microsoft over open source on the
strength of a cut-rate deal and a report commissioned by the
vendor itself.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/18/microsoft-flagship-flounders
Big ouch. /Even/ in the UK, which is close to Microsoft. Last week:
EU: Europarlement testing Ubuntu, OpenOffice and Firefox
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The European Parliament's IT department is testing the use
of GNU/Linux distribution Ubuntu, OpenOffice, Firefox and
other Open Source applications, the British MEP James
Nicholson explained last week in a letter to Italian MEP
Marco Cappato.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7565
This echoes my point exactly. The best way to overcome FUD is to
experience the software. I think I am seeing a paradigm shift
here, in spite of the troll whinings that Linux only has a 0.6%
market presence, that OpenOffice does not stack up to Microsoft
(both are pure nonsense).
Linux has already caught quite a few eyes, and everyone so far is
impressed with her looks and performance. "Demonstration" (not
really demonstration because they are actual implementations)
projects throughout Europe and world include US have shown that
Linux is able to very easily take the place of Microsoft
operating systems. No longer does one have to remain sole source.
Is Microsoft Now Banned from EU Contracts?
http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=697&blogid=14
Euro MP thinks Microsoft should be banned from government
contracts
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/10/member-eu-parliament-asks
Green MEP says Microsoft should be excluded from EU contract
awarding procedure
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/106338/from/rss09
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HPT
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