Unhealthy negotiations
Today’s report of the “successful” renegotiation of the Ministry of Health’s bulk licensing deal with Microsoft provides a text-book example of why the Government must properly mandate open standards...
View ArticleTech law update 22 April 2010
IT industry supports ban on software patents InternetNZ, the New Zealand Computer Society and the New Zealand Open Source Society issued press releases yesterday in support of the ban on software...
View ArticleUK election 2010 – the technology vote
Technology policy and law is featuring prominently in the UK election campaign currently underway, with issues such as cloud computing, open source procurement and data protection finding their way...
View ArticleOpen source in government tenders
Computerworld reports: A requirement that a component of a government IT tender be open-source has sparked debate on whether such a specification is appropriate. The relevant part of the RFP (for the...
View ArticleTech law update 23 August 2010
Preference vs protectionism Labour MP Clare Curran has entered the Kiwi Jobs Bill into the private members’ ballot. The bill aims to “determine whether the NZ Government can have a policy that gives...
View ArticleBuyer beware… of getting what you ask for
A recent UK technology case gives a good example of “buyer beware” and “you get what you pay for” in technology procurement. The case is London Borough of Southwark v IBM UK [2011] EWHC 599 (TCC)....
View ArticleAccreditation risk
A recent case involved a software firm suing the Government for setting accreditation criteria that allegedly put it out of business. In Integrated Education Software Limited v Attorney General [2012]...
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