In a recent posting (2/12/2002 11:35:07 PM) I suggested that government should secure a regulatory framework that promotes a real choice between different software development models, for instance between open source software and proprietary software. An article Community commentary: Encouraging open code in public procurement policies is founded on the same belief although the author’s focus is on how government should exercise its considerable buying power in the marked for software development. The author is Mikael Pawlo – a very smart young Swedish lawyer with a strong preference for open source code. Mikael is an associate of the Swedish law firm Advokatfirman Lindahl. On nights and weekends he works as an editor for the leading Swedish Open Source and Free Software publication Gnuheter, which he co-founded with Patrik Wallstrom.