[Tfug] Force govt to buy non-Microsoft OS?

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

Monopolists Dropped Off At The County Line
Posted by timothy on Monday June 17, @01:21PM 
from the interesting-approach dept.
An anonymous reader submits: "In this discussion thread [1] members of 
PLUG (Phoenix Linux Users Group) may have come up with a way to pressure 
governmental agencies to switch to software other than that from 
Microsoft. County purchasing policies in Maricopa County, AZ prohibit 
purchasing from companies or persons convicted under state or federal 
antitrust statutes. At least one other county, Coconino, that I have 
checked so far has similar requirements [2]. I think that it's time to 
make the government follow their own rules and stop spending any more 
money with criminals."

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/17/1651231&mode=thread&tid=103

[1] http://pluglist.mybutt.net/pipermail/plug-discuss/2002-
June/025878.html
[2] http://co.coconino.az.us/files/pdfs/purchasingpolicy.pdf
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Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
http://www.geoapps.com/   
1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124
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