http://motd.ambians.com/news/news-tags/government-buyers The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://motd.ambians.com/news/quebec-gov-sued-ignoring-free-software <p>Mathieu Lutfy writes "The CBC is reporting that "Quebec's open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company's products rather than using free alternatives. "...Government buyers are using an exception in provincial law that allows them to buy directly from a proprietary vendor when there are no options available, but Facil said that loophole is being abused and goes against other legal requirements to buy locally.".</p> <p><a href="http://motd.ambians.com/news/quebec-gov-sued-ignoring-free-software">read more</a></p> http://motd.ambians.com/news/quebec-gov-sued-ignoring-free-software#comments Linux free alternatives government buyers open source software provincial law Related news software association http://motd.ambians.com/news/crss/node/47877 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:58:00 -0500 admin 47877 at http://motd.ambians.com/news http://motd.ambians.com/news/quebec-govt-sued-ignoring-free-software <p>Mathieu Lutfy writes "The CBC is reporting that 'Quebec's open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company's products rather than using free alternatives. ...</p> <p><a href="http://motd.ambians.com/news/quebec-govt-sued-ignoring-free-software">read more</a></p> http://motd.ambians.com/news/quebec-govt-sued-ignoring-free-software#comments Linux free alternatives government buyers open source software provincial law Related news software association http://motd.ambians.com/news/crss/node/48440 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:58:00 -0500 admin 48440 at http://motd.ambians.com/news