diff --git a/news/2010/news-20100702-01.en.xhtml b/news/2010/news-20100702-01.en.xhtml index c47a40f72f..505c693a2a 100644 --- a/news/2010/news-20100702-01.en.xhtml +++ b/news/2010/news-20100702-01.en.xhtml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
Dear Minister Roberto Bizzo,
-on 25 May 2010 the regional government authority of +
On 25 May 2010 the regional government authority of Bolzano decided to spend 2.2 million EUR over the next three years to renew software licenses from Microsoft Ireland, and to buy additional licenses. All this was done without a public call for tender, making it @@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ the licenses will last.
href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/300&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en">Neelie Kroes said on June 13 2010 in Brussels: -"Many authorities have found themselves unintentionally +
+ afford.”“Many authorities have found themselves unintentionally locked into proprietary technology for decades. After a certain point that original choice becomes so ingrained that alternatives risk being systematically ignored, no matter what the potential benefits. This is a waste of public money that most public bodies can no longer - afford."
With your decision to buy Microsoft Sharepoint and Microsoft
Office communication server software without evaluating Free
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ Free Software Foundation Europe
http://fsfe.org