Kusmayanto Kadiman: The Microsoft MoU violates the Ministers Agreement

January 23, 2007

A few weeks ago, the State Minister for Research & Technology, Dr. Kusmayanto Kadiman found himself constantly grumbling. The reason, it seems, was the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Communication & Information Minister Sofyan Djalil with Microsoft, to legalize the use of its software in all the governments offices. Why was there suddenly an MoU with Microsoft? In fact, there was a clause saying it had to be kept secret, he asked

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