Bruce Clement
2010-11-02 05:43:42 UTC
Copied from the NZOSS list, originally posted by Andy Dingfelder.
Apologies to anyone that saw it there, but many Linux fans who might
be interested aren't also subscribed to that list.
Late last week, Google sued the US government for putting out a
Request For Quotation for the messaging needs of the Department of the
Interior that specified only Microsoft solutions would be considered.
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/40513712/Google-v-US-Complaint)
Google apparently had spent plenty of time talking to DOI officials to
understand their needs and make sure they had a solution ready to go —
and were promised that there wasn't a deal already in place with
Microsoft.
And then the RFQ came out. Google protested, but the protest was
dismissed, with the claim that Google was 'not an interested party.'"
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101030/23442911657/google-sues-the-us-government-for-only-considering-microsoft-solutions.shtml
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Apologies to anyone that saw it there, but many Linux fans who might
be interested aren't also subscribed to that list.
Late last week, Google sued the US government for putting out a
Request For Quotation for the messaging needs of the Department of the
Interior that specified only Microsoft solutions would be considered.
(http://www.scribd.com/doc/40513712/Google-v-US-Complaint)
Google apparently had spent plenty of time talking to DOI officials to
understand their needs and make sure they had a solution ready to go —
and were promised that there wasn't a deal already in place with
Microsoft.
And then the RFQ came out. Google protested, but the protest was
dismissed, with the claim that Google was 'not an interested party.'"
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101030/23442911657/google-sues-the-us-government-for-only-considering-microsoft-solutions.shtml
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Bruce Clement
Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement
Google Buzz: http://www.google.com/profiles/aotearoanz
"Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good
appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail
Kalashnikov
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