[FOSE] OMB to require standard Windows desktop by Feb. 1, 2008

[Vanderhoof, Tzadik]

I think a more effective solution than "political channels" would be if
there were a real contractor, that really has standardized on Linux, and
that really is qualified to bid on a project, would be to complain
through the official channels established for dealing with
discriminatory practices in the bidding system.  They can legitimately
claim that the process discriminates against businesses that use Linux.
Anybody know if this has been tried?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nino Pereira [mailto:pereira at speakeasy.net] 

> >From what I can tell, you don't go very far in complaining about
> the US Government effectively forcing all its contractors to 
> use windows. Complaints through political channels seem to be 
> the only chance to affect things, along the lines of 
> 'ensuring a level playing field for competing contractors, be 
> they users of windows, macs or linux'.