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Red Hat Challenges Swiss Government Over Microsoft Monopoly
An anonymous reader writes "'Linux vendor Red Hat, and 17 other vendors, have protested a Swiss government contract given to Microsoft without any public bidding. The move exposes a wider Microsoft monopoly that European governments accept, despite their lip service for open source, according to commentators. The Red Hat group has asked a Swiss federal court to overturn a three-year contract issued to Microsoft by the Swiss Federal Bureau for Building and Logistics, to provide Windows desktops and applications, with support and maintenance, for 14M Swiss francs (£8M; $15M) each year. The contract, for 'standardized workstations,' was issued with no public bidding process, Red Hat's legal team reports in a blog — because the Swiss agency asserted there was no sufficient alternative to Microsoft products.'"
Switzerland is not part of the EU, where did the sue them? at the Swiss court?
Nowhere did the summary say EU.
European != EU
I fail at typing thoughts today.... (a) and (b) should both read ...that [erroneously/correctly] states that what they need won't work...
We now return you to your regularly scheduled linux vs microsoft rant :)
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What swillden says. The states have no clearly defined rights on which the US federal government cannot encroach. Our civil war established that fact.
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