Today stumbled over an article on metamorphosis.org: "EU Competition Commissioner backs open standards in eGovernment":
Also Kroes praised the benefits of open standards: "No citizen or company should be forced or encouraged to choose a closed technology over an open one, through a government having made that choice first."
I am happy that more and more people speak out loud that nobody should be forced to use non-free software. Every person taking this position is one step more towards our goal.
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