No freedom of choice of computer in Poland

Dariusz Ćwiklak complains that Polish authorities provide forms that only function using the software of the American firm Microsoft. "What would happen if the government passed a decree under which only Fiats and Citroëns were allowed to circulate on Poland's roads? We are allowing the State to force us to use Microsoft's operating system. ... Users of other systems are treated like a necessary evil or simply ignored. Representatives of the authorities have either never heard of Mac OS X or Linux or respond to the mention of these names with a condescending: 'Can't you use Windows?' Of course I can, but I don't want to. ... In its constitution the Polish state guarantees its citizens freedom of conscience and political freedom. Why not the freedom to choose which computer and which operating system to use?"

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