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France Parliament shifts to open source software - zach - 12-06-2006 Though this was interesting: Starting with July 2007, the computers used by the French deputies will be equipped with Linux operation system, Open Office software and Firefox browser. The project, initiated at the request of the General Assembly President, was based on a study made by Atos Origin, a technology services company. The study has shown that the open source software can be adapted to the needs of the Members of the Parliament allowing for serious savings in spite of the costs required by the change. Benoit Sibaud, the president of APRIL (Association pour la Promotion et la Recherche en Informatique Libre) which is supporting open source, stated that switching to open source will give the French Parliament a better control over its IT systems without being dependent on the software supplier, at the same time giving the possibility to use the public money for better purposes. Previous initiatives in this sense belong to the French Ministry of Agriculture where open source software was chosen for servers and to the French gendarmes who adopted Open Office and Firefox. Open source software in the General Assembly (only in French - 22.11.2006) Assemblée nationale : communiqué de presse Free Software fro the deputies (only in French - 23.11.2006) http://www.april.org/articles/communiques/20061122-assemblee-nationale.txt French parliament dumping Windows for Linux (27.11.2006) French parliament dumping Windows for Linux | CNET News.com France Parliament shifts to open source software - scalamedia - 12-08-2006 Can you summarize what this means? I am a newbie and this has me completely confused. As always I appreciate your help! France Parliament shifts to open source software - zach - 12-08-2006 It means that the french government will now only use "free" software. That means, no Microsoft (word, excel; etc) but only Open Office or another open or free software suite. Pretty cool if you ask me! France Parliament shifts to open source software - Grace - 12-10-2006 That was a great article Zach. It would be interesting if American government made the same switch to free software. How many tax dollars would that save the average American? France Parliament shifts to open source software - penguinmama - 12-13-2006 That would be awesome! The move to free software would be great, as many people would become aware that it was out there (and every bit as good as the expensive Micro$oft stuff). France Parliament shifts to open source software - echos - 12-13-2006 I have a question? Is all of this new techno stuff France has, is it compatiable with all the Americans soft wear? Echos |