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French Military Police Switches to Firefox

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the open-source-poster-child dept.

Oslo_the_CKC writes to tell us that French Magazine Linux Pratique recently published an interview with General Brachet of the Gendarmie Nationale. In the interview he discusses why they have moved over 100,000 personnel over to Firefox and Thunderbird (70,000 and 45,000 respectively). This follows on last year's switch to OpenOffice.org so it seems like the French Military Police are enjoying the success of open source.

3 of 407 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Why the switch? by pomo+monster · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's a fucking joke. Sensitivity is fast becoming a reactionary trait, anyway.

  2. Stock prices by this+great+guy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    In a related news, U.S. stocks climbed today as shares of office furniture manufacturers like Chairs Inc. (CHR) rose and investors were optimistic that sells are going to increase in the area around Seatle. Based on the latest available data, CHR ended up 39.54 points, or 4.31 percent, at 1,880.95.

  3. Re:Why the switch? by hey! · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I for one welcome our cliché parroting overlords.

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