[Biolinux-general] Fwd: [Softwarelibre] Microsoft Perdio contrato con China

[Dr. Jorge R Rodriguez]

Hola gente. Reenvio noticia muy interesante.
JR

Esteban Neme <esteban.neme at gmail.com> wrote:
Fecha: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 03:58:31 +0100
De: Esteban Neme 
A: softwarelibre at sgp.gov.ar
Asunto: [Softwarelibre] Microsoft Perdio contrato con China

Microsoft loses China contract at last minute

The Beijing municipal government has pulled out of a deal to buy
Microsoft software. In a victory for local suppliers, the local
authority is instead expected to sign a deal with indigenous suppliers
according to the Chinese website Pacific Epoch.

The deal, in which the local government would gain the right to
unlimited licences of Microsoft software over three years in return
for $3.5 million, was expected to be signed over the weekend.

However, in the end the final approval from the Beijing procurement
office was not forthcoming. Under pressure from local suppliers and
central government, Beijing municipal government has instead opted to
replace Microsoft Office with Kingsoft WPS and Windows with Red Flag
Linux.

Last week many inside China expressed unhappiness at the way Microsoft
appeared to win the contract to supply Beijing municipal government in
contravention of local laws which specify a China First procurement
policy. The law is intended to nurture the country's nascent software
development community. Despite building a large software development
lab in Beijing, Microsoft is still seen as a 'foreign' supplier.

The retreat by the capital's municipal government will signal to other
pending local government negotiations that central government expects
the law to be obeyed.
Steve Malone

url: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/66530/microsoft-loses-china-contract-at-last-minute.html

saludos
Esteban
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