Greece

GR: Government denies EC enquiries into Microsoft deal — published on Jan 27, 2009

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The Greek government denies the European Commission has asked for information concerning a 2006 licence contract with Microsoft.

GR: Commission requests information on Government-Microsoft deal — published on Dec 18, 2008

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The European Commission has requested the Greek government for information on a 2006 licence contract with Microsoft, report Greek open source advocacy groups.

GR: Municipalities to get open source platform for electronic services — published on Dec 17, 2008

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Greek municipalities are building an open source platform to offer citizens and small and medium sized business access to their services. This Local Government Application Framework (LGAF) will be developed by the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (Kedke).

GR: Open Source developers protest access restrictions public broadcast — published on Mar 20, 2008

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Greek Open Source developers are protesting that ERT, Greece's national broadcaster, will make its online archive available only for users of Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OSX.

GR: 'Piracy and lack of developers Open Source's biggest obstacles' — published on Aug 28, 2007

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The lack of qualified developers and widespread software piracy are the biggest obstacles of Open Source in Greece, say local supporters of this type of software.

GR: Local authorities using Open Source and open standards — published on Mar 20, 2007

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The Greek city Heraklion on the island Crete, wants Open Source software and open standards for its new eGovernment portal.