The Norwegian Competition Authority will investigate claims that the Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education is flooding schools with free copies of software behemoth Microsoft's programs. The Skolelinux (School Linux) foundation and Sunndal Junior High School in Møre og Romsdal have filed a complaint.
The School Linux project claims the directorate gives away Microsoft software as part of its program of transferring slightly used equipment from the business sector to schools, preventing competition in the educational sector, financial daily Dagens Næringsliv reports. The case is in an introductory phase and the directorate will have to answer NCA questions by the first of September. "We have not had any answers to our questions yet. The inquiry is based on the requests we have received and we must take them seriously," said Aleksander Møll at the NCA. (Aftenposten English Web Desk/NTB) http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article856261.ece - Knut