vnunet: EU Governments Gather to Promote Open Source

“The Dutch prime minister and the office of the Irish prime
minister have urged other European governments to consider open
source software in the spirit of ‘inter-agency collaboration.’

“Backing for open source came at the Open Standards and Libre
Software in Government conference held in co-ordination with the
Dutch Presidency of the European Union in The Hague yesterday, when
the European Commission launched its definition of open
standards…”

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