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Interview with NOiV's Maarten Wijnen-Meijer on Study on Gov't Acquisition of OS Software - Pick Your Brains

By Pamela Jones et al.

A Dutch study has recently been translated and published in English, "The acquisition of (open-source) software", by Nederland Open in Verbinding (NOiV), which finds that in Europe, gratis software does not require tendering and so gratis Open Source software can be freely downloaded without having to go through the usual purchase process. If service is required, that service would, however, require going through the normal purchasing process, but as a separate matter. It's a guide to acquisition and implementation of Open Source software, and the authors are very interested in any input, comments, suggestions you might have. NOiV is the group that "informs and advises the Dutch public sector about the possibilities of open source software and stimulates the use of open source software in their information systems".

I had an opportunity to ask NOiV's Maarten Wijnen-Meijer a few questions. Obviously, the most important question has to be, what happens now that OOXML has been approved as an ISO standard?

Full post as published by Groklaw on April 20, 2008 (boomark / email).