[Am-info] The UN is set to back Open Souce, can MS nix the deal?

[Fred A. Miller]

Big news from Geneva this week as the UN wraps up plans for the first 
World Summit on the Information Society. High on the list of priorities 
for WSIS is an action plan requiring governments to back Open Source 
Software so that more countries can cross the digital divide. Spurred 
on by the U.S. Commerce Dept., the U.S. delegation is attempting to 
water down the UN Action Plan while Microsoft's pet lobbying group 
muses about a cataclysmic counterstrike using the WTO. Learn more as we 
trace the latest global drumbeats for Open Source and the proprietary 
diplomats who can press the WTO button if polite diplomacy fails.

http://www.open-mag.com/0846339824.shtml

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