[WSIS CS-Plenary] Liberation/Francia: l'accord Microsoft-UNESCO - English translation

[Carlos Afonso]

You can be sure about it, Robert -- M$ is moving like a juggernaut in 
all fronts where they smell "social ICT inititatives" or "digital 
divide/inclusion" programs. The rather surprising thing is how rapidly 
multilateral and international government agencies rally around this, 
even ignoring important initiatives of their own pointing in the other 
direction, and above all not consulting with their constituencies in the 
South (which are what justify these organizations' existence after all).

fraternal rgds

--c.a.

Robert Guerra wrote:

> UNDP signed the agreement at the WSIS summit - and wasn't caught by 
> many until months after. That we are reacting quicker to the UNESCO 
> development is good, but too late?
>
> In regards to IDRC, do we know if any other "agreements" have been 
> signed between M$ and other development agencies? If so, it would be 
> an - expected -  political move by M$ to stop the success of open 
> source software deployment.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
> At 5:27 PM -0200 1/5/05, Carlos Afonso wrote:
>
>> Unesco remains totally silent regarding critiques or requests for 
>> clarification on this agreement. By the way, UNDP and IDRC have 
>> signed similar agreements with M$. Ah, the power of money...
>>
>> --c.a.
>
>

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