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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. New slogan by micje · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just Say .no
    --

    The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. - ast

  3. 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