[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“Democrat Senator Brian Greig yesterday accused commonwealth
purchasing agencies of maintaining a closed shop favouring
proprietary software.“Greig’s comments kicked off parliamentary debate over a bill
the senator formally put before the Senate yesterday for
legislation designed to promote the use of open source software in
commonwealth departments.“Addressing critics of the bill who contend that the legislation
it contains is protectionist and restricts freedom of choice, Greig
said that the bill was needed to address a pre-existing favouritism
for proprietary software within the federal government…”