The new Romanian e-government software campaign 'Biblioteca Nationala de Programe' (BNP) is being criticised by users for forcing them to use proprietary applications in order to access the BNP web site.
The BNP campaign website was unveiled a week ago by the Ministry of Communications and the National Institute for Research in Informatics (ICI). The site is meant to promote applications built in Romania and that are considered useful for public administrations and businesses.
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Users quickly began criticising the site, for access is only possible after installation of two proprietary applications, that only run on one proprietary operating system. The site also recommends a single proprietary web browser to access the site.
The requirements were called "absurd technological solutions" by the Madame Bovary Blog, a collective of political bloggers. Users left negative comments on the blog and on the website of Hotnews, a Romanian news site. "I wonder if it works for me", a user of the open source Linux system comments at the Bovary Blog.
The requirements were called "absurd technological solutions" by the Madame Bovary Blog, a collective of political bloggers. Users left negative comments on the blog and on the website of Hotnews, a Romanian news site. "I wonder if it works for me", a user of the open source Linux system comments at the Bovary Blog.
Responding to the criticism, Doina Banciu, the general manager of ICI, told Hotnews that the fault was not ICI's. The repository is hosted on a proprietary Java application server, and depends on its proprietary modules that are not included in all operating systems. "Other problems may occur due to browsers not being compatible with these applications."
The National Library Program now contains about fifty software applications. Access will be free until the end of March. After that ICI will charge users to register new products, technical support and certification.
(OSOR)
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