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German Parliament Considers Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sprechen-sie-linux dept.

daramannen writes ""The committee is examining whether switching the Bundestag's more than 5,000 computers to open source would improve stability and security, as well as save money, Schroer said. By the committee's estimate, implementing open source software throughout the federal government could result in savings of 250 million marks (US$116 million)." "

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  1. The german govt. is already OSS friendly by steve.m · · Score: 5, Informative

    the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology help fund the development of GnuPG.
    Check out the press release.