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[News] Call for US Government (White House) to Adopt Desktop Linux

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Techs Challenge WaPo on White House and Tech

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| The other major point many of the comments made is this: before you get the 
| government to buy all new Macs for the Mac-centric Obama-ites, consider 
| Linux!  
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http://blog.internetnews.com/ejoyce/2009/01/techs-challenge-wapo-on-white.html

The French parliament is very happy with Linux on the laptop.


Recent:

French Lawmakers Hope to Inspire Linux Revolution

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| If the French National Assembly gets its way, the open-source Linux operating
| system will take over the governments of Europe, seizing on a weak economy to
| displace Windows.
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| About 18 months ago, the Assembly shifted from running Windows on the 1,100
| computers of its members and their assistants to running a version of Linux
| called Ubuntu. (I profiled the rise of Ubuntu in a recent article.) According
| to Rudy Salles, vice president of the assembly, the decision to abandon
| Microsoft’s Windows software was both an economic and political gesture.
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| The French Parliament should save about 500,000 euros over the next five
| years, thanks to the low price of Ubuntu –- free –- and have lower management
| costs. Linux tends to have fewer security issues than Windows, for example.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/french-lawmakers-hope-to-inspire-linux-revolution/
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