RE: [ox-en] peruvian law
- From: Russell McOrmond <russell flora.ca>
- Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:01:02 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 1 May 2002 paul.7.saunders bt.com wrote:
But it would be nice for Mr Blair et al to pass such a bill.
Don't assume that they won't pass such bills.
Canada, USA and Mexico passed a bill that said that you can't substitute
a brand name for a technical specification. This is extremely pro Open
Systems. The problem isn't the passage of laws, but which (often
conflicting) laws actually get enforced.
I helped take the Canadian government to Court twice on trade law
violations for specifying Microsoft-only. We won both cases, but in both
cases the government department just pulled their procurement from the
open procurement process.
http://www.flora.org/competition/citt/
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