Swedish policy makers want end to IT vendor lock-in | Joinup

Swedish policy makers want end to IT vendor lock-in Swedish public administrations have to get rid of IT vendor lock-in, members of parliament and key government representatives agreed at a meeting last week. Public administrations must gain the expertise to deal with lock-in and the government should do more to promote open IT standards, they said. “Local, national and European politicians need to take the lead on open source and open data”, MP Fredrik Christensson told OSOR. Lundell said that attendees expressed frustration over the lack of government leadership. “For public administrations, lock-in is a real problem. The organisations should improve their own skills on how to deal with it, but government policies would help”, he said. See