Mandatory Use of Open Standards In Hungary 163
qpeter writes "Hungarian Parliament has made the use of open standards mandatory by law in the intercommunication between public administration offices, public utility companies, citizens and voluntarily joining private companies, conducted via the central governmental system. The Open Standards Alliance initiating the amendment aims to promote the spread of monopoly-free markets that foster the development of interchangeable and interoperable products generated by open standards, and, consequently, broad competition markets, regardless of whether the IT systems of interconnecting organizations and individuals use open or closed source software. In the near future, in spite of EU tendencies the Alliance seeks to make its approach – interoperability based on publicly defined open standards – the EU norm under the Hungarian presidency of the European Union in 2011. To that end, it will promote public collaboration – possibly between every interested party, civil and political organization in the European Union. What do you think: what would be the best way to cooperate?"
Open Source? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:WTF are you doing? (Score:3, Funny)
Wimmins don't belong on teh intranetz. Get back in the kitchen where you belong and let the men handle this.
Says the thing living under the fridge...
The normal way? (Score:5, Funny)
>What do you think: what would be the best way to cooperate?"
Invade?
Ballmer's plane is already on the tarmac (Score:2, Funny)
Takeoff in 3...2...sir, please put the chair down until we've landed...1...
This is anticompetitive (Score:5, Funny)
Mandating the use of open standards is anti-competitive and is harmful to taxpayers. Such a regulation prevents software publishers such as Microsoft from competing for government contracts because their standards are not open. Restrictions such as this never enhance competition but instead eliminate it by artificially reducing the number of bidders for any contract. While I understand the desire to embrace open standards, and why it would be a consideration for any government agency seeking bids for a project, it should not in itself disqualify bidders.
Re:This is anticompetitive (Score:3, Funny)
You are wrong, Microsoft is a just as free and able to implement open standards as anyone else, in fact, given their resources, it should be easier for them to do it that just about anyone else!
Re:This is anticompetitive (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:Open Source? (Score:1, Funny)
I think they're Hungry for freedom.
Re:Open Source? (Score:2, Funny)
I, for one, are hungary for goulash soup now.
Microsoft is THE open standarad! (Score:2, Funny)
They are the platform that anyone can compete on openly. Their platform is well documented and their formats are widely used. Many vendors compete head to head running from the same operating platform creating an open market that anyone can compete in.
Does it matter that Microsoft owns that market and the apps that access the data? Does it matter that the formats of the data are not open?
Control the apps and the format and you control the data. If that data is public/government data, does that disturb your sleep at all?
Re:Isn't it obvious? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:..the language (Score:3, Funny)
I think it's all a secret ploy to make Hungarian the default world language
Meg is van.
Chicken Paprikash!! (Score:3, Funny)
I, for one, am also very hungary for chicken paprikash and Hungarian sausages and stuffed cabbages...
XML is Lisp with uglier parentheses (Score:3, Funny)