MSFT pressures UK gov on Open Standards and public procurement
Some things never change. The UK Gov had released a whitepaper on open standards, IT public procurement, making a good case for open source software and open standards: That didn't last long, Microsoft put them squarely back to where it thought the UK might allow and encourage:
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/01/microsoft-hustled-uk-retreat-o.html
When will we/they/all of us learn? :-(
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Okay, I hadn't gotten that, there seems to be quite a lot of back and forth on this:
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/01/hope-shines-through-crack-in-l.html
I'm a taker for more updates on this…
I love to see my enemies using Manipulation Rule # 1, ie. taking the other party's arguments and simply reverse them. This always sounds like a confession. For ex here : MS saying that "the definition of open standards adopted in the government ICT strategy would hamper innovation and restrict 'freedom of choice for citizens'." This is just so BiG.
Hey, how about investing in the draft of a book on manipulations tips used by malicious lobbyists and distribute it to policy makers ? Well, this won't help with the ones that are financially corrupted but could be useful for the others.