[wilhelmtux-discussion] Gute Nachricht fuer das Neue Jahr

[Visvanath Ratnaweera]

http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=16831

Amsterdam, The Hague, Among Others, Say 'Enough' to Microsoft

"In February 2003, the program 'Open Source and Open Source Software for
the Dutch government' started, funded by the Dutch government. One of
the main tasks was to make the government independent from single
software suppliers, among which are Microsoft and SAP. After three
years, the effort starts bearing fruit. Ten big municipalities -
together 2.7 million inhabitants and including Amsterdam and The Hague -
signed a manifest. I'll try to explain what's in the manifest, what that
might mean for the future, and for the monopoly of Microsoft in the
Dutch government."

(Das Kleingedruckte, halt wieder vom Norden ;-()

Visvanath