Comments on: UK Government accused of breaching state aid rules in software procurement http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/10/11/uk-government-accused-of-breaching-state-aid-rules-in-software-procurement/ Protecting your rights in the digital age Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:41:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » BBC Director General grilled by MPs on iPlayer http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/10/11/uk-government-accused-of-breaching-state-aid-rules-in-software-procurement/#comment-162964 The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » BBC Director General grilled by MPs on iPlayer Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:24:08 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/10/11/uk-government-accused-of-breaching-state-aid-rules-in-software-procurement/#comment-162964 [...] John Pugh MP has previously accused the UK government of illegal state aid by excluding Linux and Mac Users from government services such as the Department of Work and [...] [...] John Pugh MP has previously accused the UK government of illegal state aid by excluding Linux and Mac Users from government services such as the Department of Work and [...]

]]> By: Alex Brown http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/10/11/uk-government-accused-of-breaching-state-aid-rules-in-software-procurement/#comment-124496 Alex Brown Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:20:21 +0000 http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/10/11/uk-government-accused-of-breaching-state-aid-rules-in-software-procurement/#comment-124496 It's pretty rich for an MP to be criticising BSI for somehow failing to produce XML open standards, when for years BSI has been doing just that only to have these standards systematically ignored by government. Currently, the BSI committee responsible for XML-based standards (including ODF and OOXML) currently has *no* government representation, despite its best effort to secure some! It’s pretty rich for an MP to be criticising BSI for somehow failing to produce XML open standards, when for years BSI has been doing just that only to have these standards systematically ignored by government. Currently, the BSI committee responsible for XML-based standards (including ODF and OOXML) currently has *no* government representation, despite its best effort to secure some!

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