Kuala Lumpur: Software giant Microsoft has fired a broadside against the attempts by several Asian governments to introduce pro-OSS procurement policies.

In Malaysia, where the government openly supports open source software (OSS) and is drafting a National Open Source Policy, Microsoft has made it clear it will oppose any guidelines that institutionalise a procurement preference for the open source platform.

A senior Microsoft executive stated that a buying regulation that favoured open source software would not be a “fair fight”.
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