Snapshots From the Open-Source Front (PC World) [LWN.net]

PC World examines the use of open-source software by governments around the world. "Government officials the world over are getting drawn into the debate over the relative merits of using open-source software rather than Microsoft's Windows applications and other software developed by vendors who closely guard the intellectual property of their source code. Some countries, such as Germany, have decided to replace Windows and other commercial software products with open-source applications. Other countries remain committed to commercial software, and yet others are straddling the fence."

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