Opinion on Brazil making Open Source mandatory in government [LWN.net]

Opinion on Brazil making Open Source mandatory in government

Posted Jun 14, 2003 18:13 UTC (Sat) by lpbbear (guest, #4827)
Parent article: Opinion on Brazil making Open Source mandatory in government

A level playing field in the software industry does not yet exist.

When US Ambassadors can intervene in Microsofts behalf as in Peru,

http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=3268

When members of the DOJ can "visit" the EU on Microsofts behalf

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/25348.html

When members of the Microsoft elite can be ushered in to the inner circles of various governments and companies while their only competitors
are forced to wait in line for an audience.

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/1832381
http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=4859
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1997/Mar97/johan1.asp
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20030226a1.htm
http://www.cw360.com/Article120798.htm

We do not have a level playing field and as long as money and influence are allowed to out shout common sense we will not have fair
competition in the marketplace.
Unfortunately rules mandating balance, even if they go to the other extreme for a short period, will be required to restore fairness in the
marketplace.

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