MS geeft korting om Linux buiten de deur te houden
Henk Elegeert
HmjE at HOME.NL
Fri Apr 11 21:43:02 CEST 2003
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Ondertussen: ;)
Subject: Open Source Request
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:47:55 +0200
From: OSS-Linux/GHP at ghp-cs.de
Reply-To: For discussion about KOffice <koffice at mail.kde.org>
"
Dear Sir or Madam,
we are presently developing a study on the subject "Open Source in
the public administration", the study include a general survey of
the current and future software solutions which are working on open
source based systems.
The whole potential of a "Linux landscape" can only be demonstrated with
the help of an adequate basis of information.
This is why, as a part of our study, we will also give a review of
the existing software solutions. The catalogue will mainly offer an
overview of the capabilities and the fields of application of
open source software as a basis for persons in charge and decision
makers in the public sector.
We are planning to incorporate your software in this catalogue,
including the most important pieces of information. Due to the fact that
you know your software best, we would like to ask for your support
with the questions outlined
in the form below.
Please take a few minutes to fill out the form and to send it back to
us.
We would be happy to provide an electronic version if you send an email
to
oss-Linux at csar-ag.com.
(See attached file: Questionnaire.doc)
(See attached file: Questionnaire.sxw)
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Name | name of the product |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Current version | number of the current version |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Category | Field of application (for |
| | example: network, desktop, |
| |administration, data base, etc.|
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Homepage | URL |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Description of | A description of the most |
| function | important functionalities and |
| |the field of application. This |
| | description should fill more |
| - features | than one page. |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Operating system | Declaration of the supported |
| | operating systems |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Groups - support | Declaration of the |
| | possibilities of support |
| | (groups, commercial provider) |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Provider ? main |Declaration of provider or main|
| authors | authors |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| License | License (GPL, etc.) |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Certification | Certification and hardware |
| | support |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
| | |
| Comment | special explanatory notes |
|-------------------+-------------------------------|
Every support is really appreciated and many thanks for your time
Yours sincerely
C_sar AG
"
Heb zelfs gelezen dat men (M$) onwilligen wil gaan bezoeken. :))
Henk Elegeert
Cees Binkhorst wrote:
>
> REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl
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> Dit lijkt me nou typisch iets voor Bolkestein als bewaker van gelijke kansen voor iedere leverancier op de interne markt.
>
> Microsoft gives German government discount
> But Germans will still use open source too
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/11/HNGermany_1.html
>
> By John Blau April 11, 2003
>
> Governments and multinational companies should take note of Microsoft Corp.'s willingness to bend on prices to keep key accounts for its
> Windows operating system from wandering into the open-source Linux camp.
>
> The German Interior Ministry has signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft to receive favorable conditions for both buying and leasing the
> U.S. company's software products, the ministry said Thursday in a statement.
>
> The agreement will save federal, state and local governments "much money," Interior Minister Otto Schily said in the statement.
>
> The deal comes just weeks after Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer paid a visit to government officials in Germany .
> Microsoft has been scrambling to find ways to retain huge public sector software contracts in Germany ever since the German government, in an
> effort to lower costs and increase security, agreed last year to a partnership with IBM Corp. for the delivery of computers with the open-source
> Linux operating system to federal, state and local governments.
>
> The German government is keen to have Microsoft products coexist with rival products, according to the Interior Ministry. "Our strategy is to
> combine the world of the commercial software companies with the world of open-source providers," Schily said in the statement.
>
> Under the agreement, German government agencies can acquire Microsoft software at favorable rates without having to commit themselves to
> using the company's products exclusively, the ministry said in the statement.
>
> A ministry spokeswoman declined to comment on the new pricing scheme.
>
> Microsoft has also agreed to publish specifications for interfaces and data formats, in addition to supporting open standards in its products,
> according to the ministry. These assurances will give the agencies greater flexibility in building their IT systems, it said.
>
> Groet,
>
> Cees Binkhorst - cees at binkhorst.xs4all.nl
>
> Een paar recente uitspraken:
> 'Als de VN relevant willen zijn, moeten ze precies doen wat ik zeg.'
> 'Ik weet dat ik tegen de wensen van de Security Council en de tekst
> van het VN-verdrag in ga, maar ik doe het wel om een VN-resolutie
> uit te voeren.'
> Een oude uitspraak van Thomas Paine uit 1795 "Every man must
> finally see the necessity of protecting the rights of others as the
> most effectual security for his own"
>
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