[linux-government] Microsoft Gives Sharing Tools to Gov't

  • From: Joachim Bauernberger <joachim.bauernberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: linux-government@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:26:13 +0100

http://allafrica.com/stories/200411110070.html

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November 10, 2004 
Posted to the web November 11, 2004 

Lagos 

Microsoft Corp. has begun providing free tools so government organizations can 
better share technological information, in a move it says is aimed at helping 
cash-strapped customers save money.

Oliver Bell, a Microsoft worldwide program manager, denied that the move is 
designed to make Microsoft more competitive against open-source technology 
such as Linux. With open source systems, the underlying code and any 
improvements are shared freely.

Instead, Bell said Redmond-based Microsoft is responding to already overworked 
government groups who say they would like better tools for sharing 
information with peers who are using the same applications and might be 
facing the same technological hurdles.

"It's a response to behavior customers are struggling with," he said.

Under Microsoft's program, called Solutions Sharing Network, government 
customers will be eligible to receive free tools for such things as setting 
up a Web-based portal or conducting an open forum related to a specific 
technology. A government group can choose to limit participation to internal 
users or to share the information more widely.

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