[Thelug] FYI
Constantinos Velentzas
Constantinos.Velentzas at eurodyn.com
Thu Oct 23 14:57:51 EEST 2008
Open Forum Europe (OFE) Calls on EU to Crack Down on Public Procurement
Practice for IT Software
Strasbourg 22 October 2008 - OFE has monitored public procurement
notices for computer software published on Tenders Electronic Daily. 136
contact notices were scanned for trademarks in the period from February
1 to April 25, 2008. OFE's monitoring exercise shows that in 34 tender
notices out of 136 (25 percent), company brand names were mentioned in
procurement documents effectively preventing competition from
alternative products. In 17 cases (12.5 percent), tender notices
mentioned Microsoft or one of Microsoft’s products.
Graham Taylor, Chief Executive of OFE commented “Frankly we were shocked
at the likely extent of the problem. Public authorities not only stand
accused of wasting potentially billions by inefficient purchasing, but
also locking their users and citizens into today's solutions, and being
unable to take advantage of new innovation in the future”
Source and more info:
http://www.openforumeurope.org/press-room/latest-news/ofe-calls-on-eu-to-crack-down-on-public-procurement-practice-for-it-software-studies
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