[ox-en] Australian Democrats target Microsoft
- From: "geert lovink" <geert desk.nl>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 07:53:43 +1000
Democrats target Microsoft
Simon Hayes
JULY 22, 2003
The Australian
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6788724%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,
00.html
THE Australian Democrats are trying to embarrass governments into
supporting legislation mandating open source software, by asking questions
in parliament about how much departments spend on Microsoft products.
And Democrats in NSW, the ACT and federal parliament are drafting open
source preference legislation along the lines of upper house member Ian
Gilfillan's Bill in South Australia, as part of a campaign to lift the
profile of the software. SA Democrat upper house member Mr Gilfillan has
led the way with his private member's Bill.
NSW Democrats MLC Arthur Chesterfield-Evans has questions on notice with
all state ministers requiring them to reveal their departments'
expenditure
on Microsoft products, and is planning to introduce his own private
member's Bill.
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