[Am-info] Government targets Microsoft's dominance

[Fred A. Miller]

" The Software Liberty Association of Taiwan, a group promoting free 
software, yesterday added to the debate over Microsoft's dominance 
in software, calling on the government to help create an 
information-exchange environment by supporting the development of 
"free software communities."

"The government should offer hardware support, such as broadband 
communication facilities and public servers ... while educational 
authorities should include free software-instruction programs in 
information-technology education," the association said.

Many people use only a small proportion of the functions available 
on their office software, it said. Many are also ignorant of the 
availability of software not made by the mainstream software 
manufacturers, it continued."

<http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/05/24/story/0000137464>

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