BSA Slams EC's 'Narrow-Minded' Interoperability Vision

"An open standards row is brewing between the EC and a lobbying group for software multinationals over a proposed European framework on interoperability--a draft of which is due to be published on 15 July.

"The Interoperable Delivery of European e-government Services to Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (IDABC) arm of the European Commission presented an outline of version two of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) at a meeting in Brussels last week..."

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