Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

World Govs Choose Linux For Security & More

Posted by Hemos on from the preaching-to-the-choir dept.

pjones writes "Government Technology reports that "For reasons of national security and national pride, government officials in countries like China, France and Germany are increasingly adopting the free, open-source computer operating system known as Linux." Noted in the article are China's Red Flag, NSA's Security-Enhanced Linux and much more."

1 of 228 comments (clear)

  1. Money Matters by villoks · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well,

    In Finland the goverment and some of the biggest cities like Turku are currently spending quite serious money to find out if Linux / Open Office would offer a more sensible option than the MS-products. The reason -money. The new MS-lisence scheme has really irritated the local decicion makers. It's not easy to find 30-50% more money for software licenses at the same time as unempleyment rates have started to raise again...

    The added security of OSS-products is of course nice benefit, but it's not the main factor.

    v.