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Norwegian Government Expires Microsoft Contract

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-for-them dept.

Jeppe Salvesen writes "The Norwegian sites are bristling with the news, and hopefully this will leak worldwide. The Norwegian Government has dropped their contract with Microsoft. Microsoft had an exclusive deal with national and regional government. Administration Secretary Victor D. Norman states that 'we feel that our contract with Microsoft in reality has given Microsoft a monopoly in a field where competition would serve us better.'. My translation. The race is on."

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  1. Here's what MS Norway says: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    De kommer krypende tilbake..

    Translation: They'll come crawling back.

  2. In related news.... by nizo · · Score: 3, Funny

    The latest patch to IE no longer allows users to connect to any websites ending in .no for "security reasons". Also, future versions of M$ products will no longer support Norwegian due to "lack of market interest". So how many Linux migrations specialists will Norway be needing in the near future? :-)

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  3. Re:Got an English translation for that link? by Bob+McCown · · Score: 3, Funny
    The link leads to a document in Norwegian. Anyone care to translate?

    <TRANSLATE>BORK BORK BORK! </TRANSLATE>

    Oh, sorry, thats Sweedish...

  4. "My translation. The race is on." by Rupert · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it's accurate, Norwegian is an extremely verbose language. The article looked like it had about 250 words to me.

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  5. New slogan by micje · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just Say .no
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    1. Re:New slogan by gilroy · · Score: 3, Funny
      I think it'd be better as
      .NET

      .NYET!

      But maybe that's too neo-retro-Soviet. :)
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  6. Bork! Bork! by r_j_prahad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Vell, dey got de lyingMonopoly outta de gobernmint, now if dey cud only get de lye outta de fish.

  7. Re:So, what *UX flavors have good Norwegian suppor by Stephen+VanDahm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Localization and language support are going to be an issue here.

    I don't know -- most Norwegians speak English better than we do.

    Having said that, KDE at least is pretty well internationalized.

    Steve

  8. Now, that is... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 3, Funny

    One Degree of Separation!