EU takes swipe at Microsoft

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The European Union competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, took a swipe at Microsoft on Tuesday by recommending that businesses and governments use software based on internationally accepted standards.

EU agencies "must not rely on one vendor" and "must refuse to become locked into a particular technology - jeopardizing maintenance of full control over the information in its possession," she said.

Christian Ude, the mayor of Munich, who was also present at the event, said city employees were making the transition from reliance on Microsoft software to the free Linux operating system. The city government made a high-profile pledge in 2004 to change the operating software of 14,000 government computers.

Source : http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/10/technology/msft.php