On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 10:52 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote: > We started a campaign in the Netherlands: > > The Dutch government wants to tie the country's schools to a single > software vendor for years to come. Dutch students using Free Software > or devices without Silverlight-support will find themselves locked out > of schools' online systems due to the use of proprietary technology > and closed standards. Marja Bijsterveldt, the secretary of education, > recently said that she is unwilling to enforce the Dutch government's > own Open Standards policy on educational institutions. Instead, the > government will accept long-term vendor lock-in of educational > institutions. > > Full PR: https://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20111107-01.en.html > Campaign page: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/nledu/nledu.en.html > > Regards, > Matthias >
Wow, hugely smart move given Microsoft itself basically said Silverlight is a dead platfrom ... Simo. -- Simo Sorce Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer <[email protected]> Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, Inc. <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
