A skeptic's article with Microsoft/proprietary FUD peppered all 'round
Beyond the Open-Source Hype
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| In 2003, Brazil, for instance, announced plans to move 80 percent of
| its state computers to the open-source operating system Linux. In 2003,
| Taiwan launched a ?National Open Source Plan? to build a software industry
| that could replace the proprietary software in government and education.
| In France, the ministries of Defence, Culture, and Economy all use
| open-source operating systems. Japan, China, and South Korea are
| working together on an open-source alternative to Microsoft's Windows
| operating system.
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| Politicians, meanwhile, enjoy the notion that open source can be adapted
| by their people to better address local needs
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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3471
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