According to Newsmax.com Norway has decided to do something’s about Microsoft’s death grip on the computer market by raising compatibility standards between operating systems and using more open source software.
In other words, they’re tired of paying huge fees to Bill Gates every year too…
The Norwegian government said Friday it will increase its use of freely shared, open-source software to reduce its dependency on large computer companies like Microsoft Corp.
“It should no longer be necessary to use software from the major, international computer companies to gain access to electronic information in the public sector,” the government said in a statement. “Now that dependency will be broken.”
The Ministry of Government Administration and Reform said measures to increase use of open-source programs include a specialist panel to set standards for public information.
The government statement said the project will also set standards to allow various operating systems to communicate with one another.
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