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Norwegian public sector to drop Microsoft contract to promote competition | |
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| Time: 07:47 EST/12:47 GMT | News Source: Associated Press | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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The government on Friday announced that it would not renew a contract that gave Microsoft a near monopoly on supplying software to the Norwegian public sector. Minister of Labor and Government Administration Victor D. Norman said he wanted to make it easier for other software companies to compete in the public sector. He said Microsoft now has up to 95 percent of the government market for some programs. "The use of open source codes, such as Linux, could promote competition," Norman said in a news release. "To make use of programs based on open source codes a real alternative, there will be no new Select 5.0 contract with Microsoft Norway." | ||
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| #1 By 1896 (216.78.254.70) at 7/12/2002 8:48:40 AM |
| That what happen when demagogues rule a Country. I am wondering how much is costing to the tax payers to go with "open sources". |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/12/2002 10:36:58 AM |
| Hopefully this will work for them. So many other entities who have tried this just ended up with high piracy rates. |
| #3 By 61 (65.32.170.1) at 7/12/2002 11:52:29 AM |
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Realist:
Now who said that? I've not seen anyone say that, in fact, most people say the opposite, that you use the tools that help you get the work done the quickest and best for that situation. Of course, most Linux zealots (all Linux zealots) think that Linux is the best tool for everything, which it most certainly is not. In fact, I'd say Linux is just about worthless. BSD is better, hasn't forked nearly as much (you have FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, basically), and has more support. |
| #4 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/12/2002 12:22:45 PM |
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bluesky - If you don't think that Linux is the best tool for everything, and all software must be free, then you really can't call yourself a "Linux zealot", can you?
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| #5 By 61 (65.32.170.1) at 7/12/2002 12:55:03 PM |
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athlon: nothing, no one said anything was wrong with that.
However, he does suggest that he will use Linux, and also that he will not use any proprietary OS on the market, because he specifically states Open Source. Actually in his words "open source codes". This post was edited by CPUGuy on Friday, July 12, 2002 at 12:55. |
| #6 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 7/12/2002 1:12:06 PM |
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Actually, Jagged, what motivates OS development most is penetration and sharing. How many government systems have redundant programming? As governments start to advocate OS projects--you will see a groundswell of development because the peices will be interlocking and reusable across borders and bureacratic agencies.
Once there is advocacy and a community, that's when you see the OS developers get motivated. They aren't generally motivated by having to battle against something--when that happens you get small splinter groups--for example, how many Og projects are there and where are they going? No where, because you have small groups saying we've got to beat this, we've got to beat that. No, what OS needs to do is have a place and a means to share and cooperate. |
| #7 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/12/2002 3:31:05 PM |
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veiled_aspect - I was thinking of some of the other groups that have said they weren't going to buy Microsoft software, but instead adopt something else. Mexico comes to mind, I think it was Virginia City? Basic problem was the techheads didn't listen to the people they supported, and the people who actually had to use the software went off and brought in CDs for stuff they wanted to use, rather than stuff they were forced to use.
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| #8 By 116 (129.116.86.41) at 7/12/2002 3:45:50 PM |
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Long term this is stupid and will end up costing them more money. The MS Select program is there to save them money. I will bet even money that they will be giving MS more money in the long run than if they kept the Select licensing agreement. The select license agreement in my opinion is a heck of a deal.
Not a very fiscally responsible decision from the bean counters in Norway. |
| #9 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/12/2002 5:28:31 PM |
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RedAvenger - I don't know, I guess it depends.
Sometimes the best way to get a vendor to drop the price on something is to walk out on them. They come back later offering a sweetheart of a deal, then you buy. |
| #10 By 116 (129.116.86.41) at 7/12/2002 6:17:00 PM |
| Sometimes... But thats pretty risky at best. I don't want to gamble like that and lose. MS has nothing to lose here. Linux and other "open source" isn't up to the task . . . End result not a good deal. |
| #11 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 7/13/2002 1:17:57 AM |
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-Todd- I agree... I've always been a big proponent for lower prices. I'm also all for software rental, but there has to be something in it for me, and I mean lower costs.
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| #12 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 7/13/2002 2:11:06 PM |
| #26 - Most of my linux using friends(who I introduced to linux years ago) are in the same boat as that guy. They've moved back to WinXP now. |
| #13 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 7/13/2002 5:34:28 PM |
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mOOzilla - That article is a bunch of lies propogated by Microsoft apoligists! Everybody knows linux is 100% secure so it is impossible for there to be attacks upon it.
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