Australian IT: State Pilots Desktop Open Source

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

Open-source pilots in the NSW government are gathering momentum, with the Department of Commerce the latest agency to kick the tyres of desktop applications.

"The Commerce pilot follows a Roads and Traffic Authority announcement last month that it was evaluating an open-source desktop productivity suite.

"NSW IT and Commerce Minister John Della Bosca has been advocating the use of open source in NSW government agencies..."

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