On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 10:52 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
We started a campaign in the Netherlands:
The Dutch government wants to tie the country's schools to a single software vendor for years to come. Dutch students using Free Software or devices without Silverlight-support will find themselves locked out of schools' online systems due to the use of proprietary technology and closed standards. Marja Bijsterveldt, the secretary of education, recently said that she is unwilling to enforce the Dutch government's own Open Standards policy on educational institutions. Instead, the government will accept long-term vendor lock-in of educational institutions.
Full PR: https://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20111107-01.en.html Campaign page: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/nledu/nledu.en.html
Regards, Matthias
Wow, hugely smart move given Microsoft itself basically said Silverlight is a dead platfrom ...
Simo.