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[News] Why Governments Must Use Free Software

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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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