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HU: Open standards made mandatory for public administrations — published on Jan 15, 2010

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Open standards have been made mandatory for the IT systems of Hungary's public administrations. The Hungarian parliament voted in favour of amendments prescribing open standards, to a law on electronic government services, on 14 December. The changes received 197 votes in favour, one against and 146 abstentions, according to the Open Standard Alliance, a Hungarian advocacy group that lobbyed in favour of the amendments.

HU: Advocacy groups want government to list spending on licences — published on Oct 15, 2009

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Five open source advocacy groups have asked the Hungarian government to publish how much the country spends on proprietary software licences.

HU: Easier open source implementations for public administrations — published on Sep 16, 2009

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Public administrations and schools in Hungary should find it easier to start using open source and open standards. The government on 25 August published a list of seven IT companies that they can turn to for help if they want to use these types of software.

HU: "Hungary should set up a open source competence centre" — published on Aug 18, 2009

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The Hungarian government should create an open source competence centre, writes the Hungarian Information Society (ITTK), a pressure group, in its annual report, published on 7 May.

HU: 'Price of open source to be negotiated after procurement decision' — published on May 26, 2009

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The Hungarian government says it will negotiate the price of the open source software it is acquiring with the open source IT service provider that wins a tender for a four-year contract.

HU: Procurement continues to puzzle open source companies — published on Apr 30, 2009

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The Hungarian government's request for open source software is continuing to surprise the country's open source companies.

HU: Companies puzzled over government's open source plan — published on Apr 09, 2009

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Hungarian open source service providers are anxious to see the details of the government's request for open source that it announced last week. "How is the government going to procure software that usually is available for free?"

HU: Government withdraws tender requesting proprietary software — published on Jan 23, 2009

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The Hungarian Central Board for Services, the country's public procurement authority, this Tuesday withdrew a tender requesting Microsoft and Novell software, worth 25 billion HUF (about 100 million euro). The organisation did not provide an explanation.

HU: Competition Office: strengthening Microsoft's hold 'a great mistake' — published on Sep 10, 2008

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The Hungarian government's largest software bid ever, a request for 25 billion HUF (about a 100 million euro) of Microsoft or equivalent software for public administration and educational institutions, will strengthen the company's lead position in the market. "This is a great mistake", says the country's Competition Office.

HU: Court dismisses competition complaint over Microsoft — published on Sep 04, 2008

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The Metropolitan Court's (Fővárosi Bíróság) on Monday dismissed a complaint by Hungary's Competition Office over a government software tender requesting "Microsoft or equivalent solutions".

HU: Hearing on Competition Office complaint over Microsoft deal — published on Aug 07, 2008

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The Metropolitan Court's (Fővárosi Bíróság) second hearing on a complaint by Hungary's Competition Office over a government software tender requesting "Microsoft or equivalent solutions" is scheduled for 1 September, the Hungarian IT news site IT Cafe reports.