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● 04.05.10

●● Microsoft Still Pretends to be “Open” for and to Government Contracts

Posted in Free/Libre Software, Microsoft, Windows at 4:00 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Supported by its own press and advanced by other regular allies, Microsoft comes equipped with required marketing themes to inject proprietary software into governments, under the guise of “open”

A FEW weeks ago we debated Microsoft’s attempts to make governments more dependent on its proprietary software. It is usually dressed up with all sorts of misused words and marketing jargon (marketing people abound) like “open”, "choice", and “cloud”. This type of nonsense is being pushed by the 'Microsoft press', which is currently casting proprietary software as “open”. It’s that same old thing which Microsoft MVP de Icaza is a big fan of even though NASA serves as a cautionary tale about the impact [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. To Microsoft, “open” often means Windows-only. Is the US government going to be duped, given access to Microsoft’s inaccurate information and publicity stunts?

=> we debated | ↺ marketing | ↺ jargon | "choice" | pushed by the 'Microsoft press' | ↺ casting proprietary software as “open” | same old thing which Microsoft MVP de Icaza is a big fan of | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

In order to entrap the government and take away invaluable data (e.g. patient data of citizens), Microsoft has already recruited top lobbyists. Microsoft hired a top gun from the FDA to help gain control of medical records. Microsoft’s Steve Aylward, the General Manager for U.S. Healthcare, was mentioned in this previous post and now we find him “Lead[ing] World-Class List of Speakers at Upcoming ShareFEST Conference” (also here). This is part of Microsoft’s continued attempts to dominate US healthcare (data, not just software). █

=> has already recruited top lobbyists | this previous post | ↺ “Lead[ing] World-Class List of Speakers at Upcoming ShareFEST Conference” | ↺ here | ↺ Microsoft’s continued attempts

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