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Old 11-23-2006, 11:54 AM   #1
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French Parliament Members adopt free software on their computers

Les ordinateurs des députés seront dorénavant installés avec des logiciels libres. source : Le Monde Nov 23, 2006

The French MPs' computers will be henceforth installed with free software.

They don't say whether they will run linux or not, but it's a breakthrough for free software in my country.
 
Old 11-23-2006, 01:14 PM   #2
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Les ordinateurs des députés seront dorénavant installés avec des logiciels libres. source : Le Monde Nov 23, 2006

The French MPs' computers will be henceforth installed with free software.

They don't say whether they will run linux or not, but it's a breakthrough for free software in my country.
Indeed! I'd heard a few rumors about anti-opensource lobbying in france, so this is really great
 
Old 11-24-2006, 02:54 AM   #3
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I wish more governments would take action like this rather than just making statements or policies and not following them up.
 
Old 11-24-2006, 09:57 AM   #4
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They don't say whether they will run linux or not, but it's a breakthrough for free software in my country.
They actually name Linux, OpenOffice.org and Firefox in the source document: http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/pr...presse/m01.asp

That said, French MPs are about 550 or something, that isn't going to be a massive deployment
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