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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."
Fair market value will be given to the citizens, who will then be moved to nearby countries.
In other news, that's exactly what we've been doing in Iraq...
We've been moving Iraqi citizens to nearby countries?!?! Would that be Syria? Afghanistan? Kuwait? Iran? You would think news this big would hit the New York Times at least!
p.s. Okay, a *few* Iraqis have been moved to a country near the US, but such cases are for enemy combatants. While we may agree that this type of incarceration is unacceptable (no due process), it's wholly unrelated from the forcible emmigration you suggest. You're not going to persuade anyone towards your political views by engaging in ridiculous hyperbole.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!