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The Economist on Open Source in Government

Posted by michael on from the birds-eye-view dept.

locarecords.com writes "The Economist has an excellent article about Microsoft attempting to undermine the Open Source and Free Software movements. Particularly interesting are the issues relating to proprietary software and government and how other countries are mandating free software in government software projects."

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  1. Proprietary is not independent (obviously). by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Redundant


    A government that uses proprietary software is not an independent government.

    Who do you think was using the many, many security vulnerabilities in Microsoft software before they were made public?