VNUnet: Europe Issues Open Source Migration Tips

[ Thanks to Matt for this link. ]

"A European Commission initiative has issued guidelines to member governments on how to migrate to open source software on both servers and desktops.

"Designed to support the rapid electronic exchange of information between member states' administrations, the guidelines are aimed at IT managers in public administrations, and includes information on staff changes, interoperability, security and mobile and remote user support..."

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