Matt’s Cuppa

It’s always nice see an open source proponent get headline coverage. Interesting to see where this eventually goes. Will it become another mobile phone debacle, with Europe on one standard and the U.S. on another?

Sent from Express News
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU’s top antitrust official called Tuesday on member governments to use open-source software, an apparent jab at Microsoft Corp.’s proprietary technology.

"No citizen or company should be forced or encouraged to choose a closed technology over an open one, through a government having made that choice first," European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said at a conference organized by OpenForum Europe, a nonprofit group that advocates open standards.

By AOIFE WHITE AP Business Writer