Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Microsoft: government switch to open source will cause "dissatisfaction"

On 02/21/2014 06:04 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
> Article title says it all. You can find it here:
>
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/387199/microsoft-government-switch-to-open-source-will-cause-dissatisfaction 
>
>
> Not sure if we need to post a rebuttal argument in the response 
> section or retaliate with an article disputing MS arguments.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
When I read the article I got the sense of MS FUD claiming that people 
"need" proprietary MS formats to be efficient. Reading between the lines 
I also sensed that MS is very concerned about losing the European market 
to FOSS and open standards/formats. If national governments move away 
from MS, those doing business with the government are likely to follow 
and this will percolate country wide. If European governments and 
businesses are hostile to MS this will have an effect on international 
businesses.

Ultimately MS faces two choices: adopt open standards/formats and open 
source their products or face resistance due to people, companies, and 
governments believing they are doing the bidding of the US NSA.

--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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