Brenno De Winter

A new draft of a plan to encourage European governments to purchase open IT systems no longer talks of open standards

How-to instructions, free software and over-the-counter hardware enable users to bum a free ride, gain unauthorized access to buildings or worst

Dutch lawmakers have proposed legislation that would mandate the use of the Open Document Format (ODF) across the entire Dutch government, despite fierce lobbying by Microsoft Netherlands. A group promoting open standards sees no threat, however, and has invited Microsoft to join its ranks.