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German Gov't, Free Software, and Secure E-mail

Posted by Hemos on from the germans-take-the-lead dept.

friday2k writes "There is a nice Article on Newsforge describing how the German Government moves ahead on looking into Free Software solutions for government agencies. And you need a standard, secure, email client for this." Basically, they are funding some good secure e-mail - but making sure that it works with stuff like Kmail.

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  1. saving their taxpayers $$$ by jeffy124 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    By doing this, they are saving their taxpayers a bundle (easily billions) by not spending so much on licensing fees from Sun or Microsoft. That money saved can go to greater things like making better schools, etc.

    The article starts out saying that Congress wants to outlaw Open source via the SSSCA.

    Perhaps congress should visit our German buddies and see how a switch to OSS can benefit the American public. A little bit of seeing what's happening abroad could go a long way.

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  2. Well it's about time... by motherhead · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would advocate that governments only use open source projects...

    the fact that the DoJ was supposedly at war with M$, while at the same time handing over some of M$'s largest contracts seems insane...

    I would almost call it a chuch/state issue...