More on the Chile-Microsoft agreement.
by T. Colin Dodd
Via Global Voices (Bumped up from previous post, an update in English.)
UPDATE: Chile: A Controversial Agreement with Microsoft
“There is a feeling among Chilean bloggers that the agreement signed between the Economy Minister, Alejandro Ferreiro and Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer de Microsoft Corporation on May 9th is not good for Chile. The title of this post written by Christian in elfrancotirador [ES] explains the situation in a simple way:
Guys: what would you say if I told you that starting today that the 15 million of Chileans will (all) be users of Microsoft, even if we wanted to or not? That’s what I thought.
And, what if I added, that from now on, to make any state or municipal transaction will require the use of Microsoft software? Don’t be content with this beacause in addition, the entire Chilean education system will be carried out through the Microsoft platform-and that’s not it, but every registered student of our country will turn into a “preferential client” of the company.
July 30th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Chile: “Digital Revolution Against Microsoft”
Alejandro Ferreiro says the document he signed “does not alter the policy of technological neutrality set by the government or establish commercial alliances with any firm in particular.”
Ciberrevolución en Chile contra Microsoft: El Mu…
August 1st, 2007 at 11:23 pm
This is true, tomorrow a letter will be delivered to the President of Chile, Michel Bachelet, to show our discontent. The “Movimiento de Liberacion Digital” or “Movement of Digital Liberation” is gaining a lot of popularity here, so I hope we can make a diference.