[odf-discuss] Re: Member of EU Parliament asks if Microsoft should be excluded from public procurement

[Pete Harlow]

Windows is 'collapsing,' Gartner analysts warn
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9076698

Further evidence of the wind of change, methinks. A few years ago statements
like this and their reporting in the main stream computer press would have
been unthinkable. Despite loosing on OOXML, could the digital tipping point
be nearer than people think?

On 10/04/2008, Pete Harlow <peter.harlow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Slightly OT...
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080410050845876
>
> "Of course, if the EU Commission wants to find a way to avoid such a
> penalty, no doubt it can do so. We saw how creative rule-bending/creating
> can be in the ISO. But the very fact that this question is being placed on
> the table is remarkable in itself, don't you think? Something significant
> has shifted in Microsoft's universe. And if they are afraid to make such a
> move, due to the ubiquity of Microsoft software and their dependence upon
> it, might that alone not inspire some deep thoughts about the wisdom of
> doing something about that vulnerability?"
>
> --
> Pete Harlow
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