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Red Hat Sues Switzerland Over Microsoft Monopoly |
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Source: eWeek Europe - Posted by Anthony Pell
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This could set an interesting precedent. I understood that European adoption of open source was very high. In fact, higher than in some areas in the US. Is Red Hat fighting a losing battle?£8 million a year to Microsoft, with no public bidding. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, say open source activists.
Linux vendor Red Hat, and 17 other vendors, have protested a Swiss government contract given to Microsoft without any public bidding. The move exposes a wider Microsoft monopoly that European governments accept, despite their lip service for open source, according to commentators.
The Red Hat group has asked a Swiss federal court to overturn a three-year contract issued to Microsoft by the Swiss Federal Bureau for Building and Logistics, to provide Windows desktops and applications, with support and maintenance, for 14 million Swiss Franc (£8 million) each year. The contract, for "standardised workstations", was issued with no public bidding process, Red Hat's legal team reports in a blog - because the Swiss agency asserted there was no sufficient alternative to Microsoft products.
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