[Am-info] The Australian: Microsoft steams over open source Bill

[Fred Miller]

"Microsoft labelled the legislation "anti-competitive", and warned that it=
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could damage the Australian software industry.=20

The legislation =E2=80=94 introduced by ACT Democrats MP Roslyn Dundas =E2=
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by the 17-member Legislative Assembly, and passed with the support of the=20
Greens and Independents.=20

Ms Dundas' Bill calls for government to "consider" the purchase of open sou=
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software in procurement plans. The original version of the Bill would have=
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required the ACT to "prefer" open source software."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8173918%
255E15306,00.html

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"...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly)."