Wired.com: U.S. Gov’t Still Penguin Shy

“Open-source enthusiasts sometimes predict that Linux and other
free software could revolutionize not merely the business world,
but also government.

“U.S. government agencies, the thinking goes, could save
taxpayers perhaps $1 billion a year in licensing fees by dumping
proprietary products sold by Microsoft and Oracle in favor of more
reliable, free software alternatives.

“But a Wired News survey of 14 Cabinet-level agencies found that
open-source software has made scant progress inside the federal
government. While a handful of agencies use Linux regularly, most
have adopted the operating system minimally — if at all…”

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