Government plans another Redmond only procurement despite calls to consider European rivals The Irish government has kicked a Microsoft procurement potentially worth €1 billion into touch amid a political debate about the nation overreliance on US tech providers and a move to free and open source software. In Ireland parliament Dáil Éireann, Frankie Feighan, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, said the recent tender for suppliers to take...
