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If a government forces it's people to use particular software, it has a duty to provide that software to the entire population. If a parliament decides to pay $
by ClumsyPilot 5y ago
If a government forces it's people to use particular software, it has a duty to provide that software to the entire population. If a parliament decides to pay $X billion to Microsoft, for a lisence for all of UK, well, that sucks, but they can fight over it like they do with all other random spending they do.
If it's not willing to pay the cost, it is basically creating a monopoly for that firm, and I have to pay for it. The potential for lobbying and corruption is off the scale here.
- vetinari 5y agoI see where you come from, and in principle agree with you, but it is not how the real world works. For an extreme example, see South Korea and their ActiveX problem.