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Reuters: Asian Gov'ts Drive Open-Source Linux Software Sales

Jun 09, 2004, 19:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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"Asian governments are adopting the freely available Linux operating system in a bid to cut costs and address security concerns, helping the region drive global growth in demand for the software, vendors and analysts said.

"Linux is known as 'open source' software because the basic programming code can be copied and modified freely by developers, allowing wide collaboration..."

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