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Rastos.org: Countries Considering Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 2, 2006

Venezuela’s Government shifts to Open Source Software
According to government sources in Venezuela, the South American
nation has announced an official policy that exclusively calls for
the use of open source software in that government. The
announcement, made on Wednesday, stated that from now on, all
software developed for the government must be licenced under the
GPL.

“Swedish government mulls Linux
Despite signing a recent deal with Microsoft, Sweden has become the
latest country to investigate the benefits of free software…”

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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.

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