If IT Policy is Your Thing, Keep an Eye on Europe
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If you’re interested in the intersection of technology, government, standards and open source software, you really want to be paying close attention to Europe these days. That’s because the EU is where all of the really interesting, high-level IT policy action is.
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The reason is not surprising. Unlike two other huge markets where standards and open source sofrtware are important – the U.S. and China – the EU is made up of many states, and it has taken decades of multidimensional, creative effort to incentivize, cajole and nudge those states into a more cohesive and forceful economic whole.
With that by way of background, let’s take a look at a kerfuffle that emerged yesterday when two lobbying associations reacted to a pre-release copy of the latest vers Full Story |
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