Yet Another reason to use linux...

Evan Leibovitch evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org
Sun Apr 1 00:10:24 UTC 2007


> Governments everywhere but in English-speaking countries seem to be 
> embracing open source. One example would be the Turkish government.
There are many examples around the world. Brazil and China are probably
still the most aggressive, but there are too many other countries to
count. The countries signing onto the OLPC deal so far include
Argentina, Brazil, Libya,
Nigeria, Rwanda and Uruguay -- this indicates a heavy investment in a
Linux-based endeavour.

> It has taken the unusual step of not only favouring the use of open 
> source but actively funding over a dozen people working full-time on 
> the Pardus <http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/index.html> Linux 
> distribution.
There are plenty of examples that go beyond that -- it's not so unusual
anymore. For example, take the Open Source Competency Centre run by the
government of Malaysia:

http://oscc.org.my/

I had the great fortune to have been able to visit that centre; it's
extremely well equipped and is designed to be a resource to offer
objective information on OSS for any IT manager, bureaucrat or politician.

Other examples of public sector use of FOSS, from Munich city hall to
the São Paulo subway, are becoming more common.

> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5227983.html
>   
That isn't a particularly good example, for it's Sun selling StarOffice.
That was not an open source deal, so it says nothing about Queen's
Park's interest in OSS.

- Evan

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