__/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 20 July 2006 00:51 \__
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33120
>
> The Croatian government has decided that it (for government bodies) will go
> Open Source...
>
> - it feels that proprietary software leads to too much dependence on
> suppliers, which can damage the market competition.
>
> - it also says that open source programmes make the government's business
> more transparent and free access to information.
>
> - it reckons that Open Source will also save the Croatian tax payers huge
> amounts of cash while at the same time strengthening the domestic
> information science industry.
>
> Hmmm... seems reasonable......
Some time ago (just over a week) they instated an Open Source policy. I
hadn't realised that the entire nation was due to move to Open Source at
government level. Thumbs up for GNU, Tux, and Open Source developers.
*smile*
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