2011/4/22 Simos Xenitellis <simos.li...@googlemail.com> > FFII and the AFUL (two free-software associations) have started a > crowd-sourcing effort > to provide information to the European Commission Competition agency about > the lack of choice for the consumers when it comes to computers and > compulsory pre-installed Windows. > > Original press-releases: > > http://press.ffii.org/Press%20releases/Share%20your%20operating%20system%20bundling%20tales%20with%20the%20EU > > http://aful.org/communiques/share-your-operating-system-bundling-tales-with-the-eu > > Here is my take to simplify the message, > http://simos.info/blog/archives/1198 > > How is this relevant to LibreOffice? The source of the problem is the > bundling of Microsoft > Windows to the new computers. The manufacturers get discounts for the > licenses if they support > only Windows, if they promote only Windows on their websites and ads, and > so on. > If this relationship weakens, we may see a chance for LibreOffice on > new computers, > or Linux computers that obviously have LibreOffice. > > tl;dr: Visit http://ec.europa.eu/competition/forms/consumer_form_en.html > to report cases where you could not buy a computer without Windows, > while you had not need for Windows. > > Simos >
«If this relationship weakens, we may see a chance for LibreOffice on new computers, or Linux computers that obviously have LibreOffice.» 'tis a consummation. Devoutly to be wished. But somehow I find it difficult to envisage either Joaquín Almunia eller Alexander Italianer going that far.... Henri -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
