(Australia) Open source procurement turns out to be a dud
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| "It appears that most CIOs using open source are managing it without
| outside support," the spokesperson said, adding the contract covers
| the provision of additional services to support any Linux
| distribution, should a customer require it.
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| [...]
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| "An innovative feature of the tender was the option for agencies to
| request a Linux operating system when ordering new PCs or notebooks,"
| the spokesperson said.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1982922446
A few days ago:
French National Assembly switches to Linux
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| Linux, OpenOffice and Firefox favoured
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| [...]
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| One deputy in favour of the move is Bernard Carayon, commissioned by
| the Prime Minister earlier this year to report on how European
| businesses could play a greater role in developing global industrial
| standards, in order to reduce Europe's economic dependance on other
| regions.
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7687
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