A movement makes Microsoft sit up and take notice NEW YORK - Governments around the world are actively encouraging the development of free software created by communities of programmers to ensure that there is more than one winner - Microsoft Corp. - in their markets for software, which they regard as a crucial technology and industry of the future.
http://www.iht.com/articles/70030.htm _________________________________________________________________ IT managers cite security and competition when choosing a Linux system MUNICH - Throughout Europe, companies and governments large and small have recently been asking: "Are we going to run this on Windows or open-source, like Linux?" Information technology departments are looking at what they have and rethinking what they want. The resulting groundswell could soon make the Linux-based desktop more prevalent in Europe than anyone could have predicted even a year ago. http://www.iht.com/articles/70026.htm -- db David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates
