LinuxInsider: Serpro To Adopt Open Source in 60 Percent of Workstations | Linux Today

LinuxInsider: Serpro To Adopt Open Source in 60 Percent of Workstations

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 28, 2004

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

Brazil’s federal data processing firm Serpro will adopt a
GNU/Linux operational system in 60 percent of its 2,500
workstations by December this year, a Serpro press spokesperson
confirmed.

“The migration to an open-source software platform will
initially generate savings of 3 million reais (US$1 million) by not
having to renew proprietary software licenses, local daily Gazeta
Mercantil reported Serpro director Sérgio Rosa as
saying…”


Complete Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.