Free Software Macedonia: Enough Talk, Show Us the Code!
Jun 08, 2004, 01:00 (6 Talkback[s])
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"The information technology is further penetrating all segments
of the society--this enables more advanced communications, more
efficient work, faster development--but we need to be more careful
that this infrastructure stays free and let anybody build on it. It
is the only way to guarantee innovations and further evolution of
the human society.
"The IT infrastructure must be based on open standards and
protocols. Microsoft doesn't guarantee that--on the contrary, it
shows the opposite. As an example, the Commission for Information
Technology (CIT), a government body, publishes its documents in
Microsoft Word format. Microsoft has patents on these formats,
which means that any citizen, in order to communicate with the
government, will have to pay directly or indirectly for this
patent..."
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