Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> The [UK] politics of open source
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> | There's been a suggestion of a shift towards open source in the
> | houses of government in the UK recently, with the Conservative
> | Party promising to promote open source if elected and the incumbent
> | Labour Party releasing the code behind its new carbon footprint
> | calculator under the General Public License.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | PlaidCymru.org
> | Apache on Linux (moved from Windows today)
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | SDLP.ie
> | Apache on FreeBSD (moved from Windows today)
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/07/the_politics_of.html
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That will be mainly because the EU are moving towards Linux as a primary
desktop and the various governments were to follow suit. The descision was
made about two years ago, but you know what it's like, they don't actually
get round to implementing their white papers untill there's a jolly good
press release in it for them. Bless 'em.
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