Red Hat has filed a lawsuit against Switzerland. The price of issue 39 million dollars

The company Red Hat, dealing potavkoy operating system Linux, has sent a lawsuit against the government of Switzerland is the Swiss Federal Court.

In Red Hat claimed that the Swiss Office of Construction and Logistics illegally awarded a contract for a term of three years with Microsoft Corporation for the purchase of software. The transaction is valued at 39 million dollars.

The contract was awarded without tender and Red Hat requires the court accepted the contract is not valid. In his to applicable Bureau of Construction and Logistics has violated the law by not allowing the competing developers to participate in the contest.

It vedomsvo reasoning for their choice so that he sees no market other than Microsoft products that satisfy the requirements predstavlyaeyym. At the same time Red Hat has found podderzhdu in another 17 companies specializing in creating software and related services.

26 May 2009 | company, court, government, hat, microsoft, question, red hat, software, system

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