FIND Dr.NUÑEZ LETTER HERE!

[John Kloian III]

Of all the stuff I've read in the past years on this issue.  This is one
of the most well thought out all well reasoned I've ever read.

John Kloian

On Mon, 6 May 2002, Victor Odhner wrote:

>Regarding the Nunez letter:
>
>Text at:  http://www.sahuaro.f2s.com/peru.txt
>
>or HTML at:  http://members.cox.net/vodhner/peru2.html
>
>The first Microsoft argument (as quoted by Dr. Nunez per
>the cited translation) very interesting.
>
>1. The bill makes it compulsory for all public bodies to use
>  only free software, that is to say open source software,
>  which breaches the principles of equality before the law,
>  that of non-discrimination and the right of free private
>  enterprise, freedom of industry and of contract, protected
>  by the constitution.
>
>Microsoft argues that the state should not dictate the
>standards for software that it would acquire.
>
>Would Microsoft argue against a private corporation
>decreeing an all-Microsoft shop?  Or wouldn't that be fair?
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