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Should governments legislate open source?
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| In most developing nations or simply those without global software vendors,
| their best chance of growing a local software economy is with open source, as
| I recently argued in Russia . Singapore isn't going to build a robust IT
| economy on the back of Microsoft. It will simply end up shipping its currency
| to Redmond.
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| Governments need open source because it preserves choice. No government
| should cede sovereignty to any private enterprise.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9961828-16.html
Recent:
Government, NGOs 'turning to Linux'
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| "It's extremely easy - basically anyone can install Linux now."
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| Organisations such as the Shuttleworth Foundation, which help provide
| computers to underprivileged schools, use Linux instead of Windows to cut
| costs.
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http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?from=rss_IOLTechHome&iSectionId=2883&iArticleId=4366559
Related:
SA Government's OSS plans revealed
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| Migration of current systems is also planned. This will be done in a phased
| approach, beginning with applications such as replacing MS Office with Open
| Office or KOffice and replacing Internet Explorer with Firefox. This will in
| time lead up to the operating system, replacing Windows with a Linux
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| distribution. Migration to Apache for the running of government websites has
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| already occurred within a number of departments.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?src=rss&id=1684
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