Linked by Rahul on Tue 26th May 2009 18:09 UTC
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.
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2005-07-06
Microsoft is not a party to this lawsuit. This is a case filed against the government for not allowing for a public tender as governments are supposed to be doing. So the direction is already the way you want it to be. Even without similar lawsuits all over Europe, the outcome of the case will set precedent and if that's favourable, the rest of it will fall in line. Just my non lawyerly opinion.