Quebec broke law in buying Microsoft software

“Quebec’s government broke the law by buying software from
Microsoft without considering offers from other vendors, the
province’s Superior Court has ruled.

“The government’s procurement agency acted illegally in spending
$720,000, beginning in the fall of 2006, on the migration of 800
workstations to Microsoft software, including Windows Vista and
Office 2007, Judge Denis Jacques ruled in Quebec City on Thursday.
The government did not perform a “serious and documented search”
for alternatives, which it must do with any expenditure over
$25,000, he said.”

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