Dutch govt ends exclusive MS upgrade talks

jmke · 23rd December 2004, 14:46

Follwup on this story

The Dutch government has abandoned its negotiations with Microsoft over an ambitious plan to upgrade more than 260,000 workstations and servers.

Despite a unanimous vote by the Dutch parliament in 2002 to adopt open standards and open source software, Microsoft recently opened exclusive negotiations with the Dutch government regarding a major software upgrade. After Dutch IT weekly newspaper Automatisering Gids leaked details about the €157m ($210m) deal, Dutch MPs demanded an explanation as to why there hadn't been a mandatory public bid.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12...and_talks_off/

23rd December 2004, 18:53

seems like some people were getting an extra payrole their

23rd December 2004, 14:46	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Dutch govt ends exclusive MS upgrade talks Follwup on this story The Dutch government has abandoned its negotiations with Microsoft over an ambitious plan to upgrade more than 260,000 workstations and servers. Despite a unanimous vote by the Dutch parliament in 2002 to adopt open standards and open source software, Microsoft recently opened exclusive negotiations with the Dutch government regarding a major software upgrade. After Dutch IT weekly newspaper Automatisering Gids leaked details about the €157m ($210m) deal, Dutch MPs demanded an explanation as to why there hadn't been a mandatory public bid. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12...and_talks_off/ __________________

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23rd December 2004, 18:53	#2
kristos Posts: n/a	seems like some people were getting an extra payrole their