---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fabian Rodriguez magicfab@member.fsf.org Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:00 PM Subject: [fsf-community-team] Great victory for Free software in Quebec, Canada To: FSF Community Team fsf-community-team@gnu.org

Hi all,

I am a bit short on time but I just wanted to share these news:

Quebec broke law in buying Microsoft software http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/quebec-microsoft-lawsuit.html

"Quebec's government broke the law by buying software from Microsoft without considering offers from other vendors, the province's Superior Court has ruled.

The government's procurement agency acted illegally in spending $720,000, beginning in the fall of 2006, on the migration of 800 workstations to Microsoft software, including Windows Vista and Office 2007, Judge Denis Jacques ruled in Quebec City on Thursday. The government did not perform a "serious and documented search" for alternatives, which it must do with any expenditure over $25,000, he said.

The decision was in regards to a suit filed in March 2008 by Savoir Faire Linux, a small Montreal-based firm that deals in open-source software. [...]"

Digg: http://digg.com/d31Sx63

Original blog post and full PDF with judgement (French): http://blogs.savoirfairelinux.net/cyrilleberaud/2010/06/le-jugement.html

Cheers,

Fabian Rodriguez FSF Member #3877 http://wiki.facil.qc.ca/FabianRodriguezEn

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