Noruegian Minister promotes Open Standards

[Jza]

The Norwegian Minister of Government administration and reform has
established a committee for forming IT-standards for public sectors. One of
the goals is to be more independent of Microsoft, and the standards are
meant to be obligatory.

Microsoft might be a dominating software producer also in the future, but
then the company has to fulfil the demands for open standards, says the
minister Heidi Grand Røys. The minister wants more competition and to make
it more convenient to use other operating systems than Windows.


http://www.itavisen.no/php/art.php?id=299129
http://web3.aftenbladet.no/innenriks/article274619.ece
http://www.nationen.no/Innenriks/article2037093.ece