Thanks Ian.
Sounds like good things could happen, but we're not home free yet. The 12
month delay, while probably unavoidable, is problematic. Delay of
evaluation has been an ongoing part of MS sales strategies, giving MS a
chance to force yet another report to be watered down or to have a chance
to circumvent the recommendations or even individual politicians.
The OSS bill in the state of Oregon(?) a few years ago comes to mind as
an example: Delay until a back door can be found to get it off the
agenda.
I don't get why MS is involved at all, it should be only the stakeholders
there at the table:
"Following the outcome of discussions with Microsoft and a
range of stakeholders, Becta will produce a final report with
recommendations by January 2008."
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http://news.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?cfid=718068&cftoken=938179e6164479e5-2AD6DC90-9933-B941-D05D6D6F8E222BEF&resID=28267&page=1658&catID=1633
If MS must interfere with the stakeholders, it would seem to be active
interference with fair trade and go against WTO rules for government
procurement and WTO rules regarding technical barriers to trade.
At least include the 7 other 'vendors' to the same extent. i.e. Sun and
OpenOffice.org
-Lars
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