Re:Pansies (Score 1)

Obviously a shock-jock tactic by explosivejared, thats one way to start a discussion.

In my experience, the Dutch are very pragmatic and quick to learn from other's mistakes. This is a move towards open standards in a phased approach, understanding that a big bang switch-over would fail. It rarely works for significant, mandated technology change. I recall in the US the mandate for all defense software to be written in Ada. That neveer worked. A slower, steady switchover is better. At least the Dutch are making a clear move in the right direction with an official policy to highly encourage open standards.