Linux strongly attacks Windows in Switzerland

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Tuesday, May 26th 2009, 10:55
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I have read on Slashdot and afterwards on Red Hat’s News blog that the Swiss government has done a non-transparent deal and without a public bidding with Microsoft for a contract in value of $15M / year for software, hardware and support. Therefore, Red Hat and some other companies requested that the Swiss Federal Administration Court should try to reverse the Swiss Federal Bureau for Building and Logistics (BBL) decision and hold a public bidding process.

Go go Microsoft! Till you reach the sea bottom.

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  • Tudor May 26th, 2009 at 11:24

    Yes, this is why people hate Microsoft… I’m really glad that people don’t use Silverlight!

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    • May 26th, 2009 at 11:36

      Dude, as bad as it might sound, this time it isn’t MS’s fault. A Swiss Government Agency initiated the contract without the public bid.
      And for the Silverlight thing, there is a port made by Novell for Linux. It doesn’t work for me (on Ubuntu 9.04) but I am sure that the thing works for some boxes. So people might start using it, unfortunately.

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  • Tudor May 26th, 2009 at 11:45

    Dude, not even Windows folks use Silverlight. Everybody uses Adobe Flash. And the Flash player is installed on more computers than any other piece of software.

    Yes, the Swiss agency didn’t held a public bid. But these things only happen to Microsoft. This is how Microsoft works…

    I’ve never heard of a public agency signing a contract without holding a bid with Oracle/Sun, RedHat, SAP and so on. This never happens.

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  • May 26th, 2009 at 11:48

    Point taken for the public bid involving the other companies.

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