The Parliament said: ODF only

Today the Danish Parliament said ODF only for public administration. The Minister of Science doesn't agree, so he will ask the Minister of Finance for advice. The Government is afraid that the decision will be too expensive.

The MP's warns the Minister: If you don't do it, we will ask for a formal ballot in the Parliament and the Minister will then lose.

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Another municipallity chalenges Microsoft

City of Roedovre (Rødovre) is the next municipality in Denmark to challenge Microsoft on expensive software licenses.

From today, employees at the city hall will use OpenOffice.org in conjunction with their case- and document handling system.

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