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E-envoy disputes 800,000 job-loss quote

...The reports said that this figure, delivered at last month's Microsoft Government Leaders Conference in Seattle, would result in 800,000 public servants losing... Read more

15 May, 2002 by Andrew Swinton

E-government services could cost 800,000 jobs

...all services online by 2005. Speaking at last month's Microsoft-sponsored Government Leaders Conference in Seattle, Andrew Pinder said: "You can make substantial savings... Read more

13 May, 2002 by Andrew Swinton
Countdown to Vista is nearly over

Countdown to Vista is nearly over

...London with his presence on Tuesday — before flying up to the Microsoft Government Leaders' Conference in Scotland — and we'll be there to record the... Read more

29 January, 2007 by Graeme Wearden

MS-backed group lobbies against government open source

A new lobbying group called Software Choice, backed by Microsoft and other high-tech companies, hopes to stop governments from encouraging the use of open-source software such as Linux Read more

13 August, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

UK Government backs open source

Open-source software will help avoid lock-in to proprietary IT products and technologies says the government, in its long-awaited policy document Read more

23 July, 2002 by Matt Loney

Norway government cancels Microsoft contract

...the mantra of closed, proprietary code. In a speech delivered to the Government Leaders' Conference in Seattle, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates likened the concept of... Read more

15 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

EC report backs open source for government

...the mantra of closed, proprietary software. In a speech delivered to the Government Leaders' Conference in Seattle, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates likened the concept of... Read more

8 July, 2002 by Matt Loney

Windows isn't the only solution

...policies. And it was Gates who recently delivered a speech to the Government Leaders' Conference in Seattle, Washington, where he warned developing countries against using... Read more

7 May, 2002 by Matt Loney

Stallman takes Gates to task over GPL attacks

...Gates' latest speech on the issue was delivered in mid-April to Government Leaders' Conference in Seattle, Washington, where he warned developing countries against using... Read more

1 May, 2002 by Matt Loney

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