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Norwegian Minister: No More Proprietary Formats
Been on TV writes "The Norwegian Minister of Modernization today at a press conference in Oslo declared that proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in communcation with government. He also calls for all parts of government to have a plan ready by 2006 for use of open source solutions. Taking great care not to mention the name Microsoft directly, but rather referring to 'the spreadsheet almost everyone uses' or saying this is the last time I will present a plan for information technology being broadcast on the net in Windows Media, the Minister sent strong signals in the direction of Redmond to open up or become irrelevant to the Norwegian Government."
Just IMAGINE -- being irrelevant to the GOVERNMENT of NORWAY!
or become irrelevant to the Norwegian Government
Well i expect that Bill Gates will probably handle this one personally. Because the last thing that Microsoft would want to do is piss off the Norwegian's.
2004 figures:
Norway's GDP: $183 billion
Norway's Military spending: $4 billion
Microsoft's revenues: $36.8 billion
These numbers indicate that the best way for Microsoft to solve this issue is to simply raise an army and invade Norway. Don't be suprised if Norway is renamed to Billgatsia sometime in the next few years.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
The Norwegian Minister of Modernization today at a press conference in Oslo declared that proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable
and he added: my sister was bitten by a prøprietary førmat ønce...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"I once had a pc
or should I say she once had me.
So I switched os's
isn't it good
Norwegian Minister"
There once was a man from Peru,
who told Microsft to go screw,
he said we don't need your proprietary formats
with Linux we'll reformat,
And now they're doing it in Norway, too!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Yes, in many sectors the parrots are pining for the fjords.
Mercy was given to me by Christ...I must give the same to others.
Norway: You must use open formats to deal with us!
;-)
Rest of World: No problem, how about you start by using a more 'open' language, like English?
No I'm not trollling for a flamewar, just thought it was rather humorous to have a country with a barely used language pushing for 'open' standards so everyone can read something...
"Embracing open standards is fine, but to do so at the expense of proprietary standards is stupid. More broadly, you can't afford to be idealistic in this industry; you have to be practical.em>
No kidding! Just how useful has ftp, http, and smtp been? We'd be much better off with proprietary standards!
The Luddites were ahead of their time.
That's almost as good as "Mostly Harmless."
So THATS why I suddenly had the urge the other day to buy tampons while walking through the grocery store. Strange considering I am a man, and I doubt my SO would have appreciated them as a gift :-)
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Yeah because being a major oil exporter is so unimportant to the rest of the world.
They only produce 1/2 of what Saudi Arabia produces. And 1 1/2 times what Iraq does.
Surely we can neglect countries as insignificant as this.
Norway is a member of Nato - so USA will come to its defence!
The USA will initially rush to the defense of norway after the invasion. However rather than repelling Microsoft's invasion force, the US military will surround the the Microsoft private army on all sides, capture their leaders, and bring the invasion to a halt-- then suddenly announce a "settlement" by which a truce is called under the terms that Microsoft gets to rule norway, and doesn't have to give any of the land back or disband their army, but must set up an internal review board to prevent further invasions from occurring
Irritable, left-wing and possibly humorous bumper stickers and t-shirts
You obviously haven't met the 18-35 demographic.
... slackers
Ole and Lena had left for their honeymoon. They were partway there when Ole stopped the car and put his hand on Lena's knee. Lena said "you can go further" so Ole started up the car and drove all the way to their honeymoon suite.
-everphilski-
The Norwegian Minister of Modernization today at a press conference in Oslo declared that ESPERANTO would now be the only language used for official government press conferences...
I like microcars
ftp://latte.com/NorwayOpen.doc
Hardware? Where?
This is slashdot, and the story is about Open Source spreading. And you need to ask where?
Between the legs of course!
Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
That means no more Java! They'll have to go to an open standard, like the ECMA C# language.
Best Buy can have you arrested
a small, seemingly inconsequential Scandinavian country,
Hey! You said I'm inconsequential, you insensitive clod! Fortunately for you, I am Norwegian and don't know what it means.
Roses are #FF0000, violets are #0000FF, all my base are belong to you
You must not be from around here (or, rather, I must not be from around there). Our government serves the highest bidder. In fact, I think we will start printing that on the currency soon: "In we trust."
:D
*LOL* In norway the goverment IS the highest bidder
www.aleo.no
Don't forget our PM is a Lutheran priest! So we're just like Iran - ruled by the Theocracy! Yet another reason to "liberate" us! :)