Comment Looks like they've been listening to the Peruvians (Score 4, Insightful) 310
These are the same arguments they had with Peru a year or so ago. And the replies are the same.
Public money must buy stuff that the public can access at the lowest additional cost. It must be able to be repaired, developed, modified and upgraded by any competent person, not just an M$ one.
Being secure in some vague sense of that word might also be good