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New petition calls for open standards in the European Parliament
Brussels – 6
March 2008. full printable details
At a time when the EU Commission investigates the anti-competitive behaviour of a market-dominant player, the European Parliament (EP) still imposes that same specific software choice on both the European Union's citizens and its own MEPs. OpenForum Europe, The European ...
Read MoreWelcome to Life after ICT Lock-in
The trial period of Certified Open, a programme to evaluate the technical and commercial lock-in of ICT solutions has recently been launched.
Certified Open promotes fair and effective competition in
the delivery of software, hardware and services.
Certified Open
is a joint venture between OpenForum Europe (OFE) and Free Software
Foundation Europe (FSFE). The programme originated in UK local
government and European Commission eTen projects and was further
developed ...
Becta reports Microsoft to OFT
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) has referred Microsoft to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for alleged anti-competitive practices in the schools software market.
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Legal firms wake up to open source
Growing adoption of open source software spawns legal boom
Read MoreFirefox tries viral marketing at schools
Mozilla has unleashed a special edition of its open source Firefox Web browser for students.
Read MoreV1 committee gives thumbs down to Open XML doc spec
That means the U.S. could reject it as an open standard next month
Read MoreEduserv launches study into Open Licence use by cultural organisations
The Eduserv Foundation, part of the not-for-profit IT services group Eduserv, has announced that it is funding a study into how UK cultural heritage organisations such as museums, libraries and archives are using open licensing to share texts, images and ...
Read MoreNewest GPL draft leaves Novell in the clear
The Free Software Foundation released the final draft of an updated General Public License on Thursday, a draft that prohibits future deals similar to the Microsoft-Novell patent pact but lets that one go ahead.
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