Swiss Open Source Decision Going Microsoft's Way
A preliminary ruling around the legality of the Swiss government's decision to allow a software contract to be awarded to Microsoft without any other vendors being asked to tender has found in favour of the tech giant. But open source supporters should still hold out hope, according to legal experts.
According to comments sent to eWeek Europe UK by the Swiss law firm, BCCC AVOCATS, last month the Swiss Administrative Court reportedly rejected the claim filed by 18 open source software providers against the Swiss Confederation's decision to renew a three-year agreement with Microsoft to supply servers and desktops to the Swiss Federal Bureau for Building and Logistics.
"In a preliminary ruling, the Administrative Court rejected the claim on July 2, 2009 that required the Court to suspend performance of the renewed agreement," the law firm said in a statement.
However, according to BCCC, the decision is not final.
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