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:Silicon.com: French MPs Pick Ubuntu for Linux Switch
Silicon.com: French MPs Pick Ubuntu for Linux Switch
Mar 12, 2007, 12 :45 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (8507 reads)

(Other stories by Christophe Guillemin)

"When French MPs and their assistants return from their summer break this June, they will conduct parliamentary business on PCs running Ubuntu. From the next session of parliament, 1,154 desks will feature the Linux-based PCs.

"At the time of the latest IT refresh for parliamentary assistants, France's parliament, the National Assembly decided to switch from Windows to Linux, allowing the 577 MPs to switch to non-proprietary software for the first time..."

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