Open Source Law: Open Source in Government Summary Report Released | Linux Today

Open Source Law: Open Source in Government Summary Report Released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 22, 2005

[ Thanks to Brendan Scott for this
link. ]

From the Contributor:

Open Source Law has announced the release of a summary report of
its Q1 2005 review of Open Source in Government. The summary sets
out the key findings of the report, and some of the significant
challenges for Government. The summary draws attention to the
significant investment in France of open source on the desktop
(60,000 instances of OpenOffice.org installed as at January 2005)
and the emergence of open source as a tool (e.g., strategic,
diplomatic, industry development), rather than as a mere cost
saving device.


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