[FSF India] [NEWS] Governments Pushing Open-Source SW

[Raj Singh]

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-- Raj

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Governments push open-source software

By Paul Festa, Staff Writer, CNET News.com

August 29, 2001, 4:00 a.m. PT

Governments around the world have found a new rallying cry -- "Software
libre!" -- and Microsoft is working overtime to quell it.

A recent global wave of legislation is compelling government agencies, and
in some cases government-owned companies, to use open-source or free
software unless proprietary software is the only feasible option.

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