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All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux, By Fiat

Posted by timothy on from the power-to-the-people dept.

christian.einfeldt writes "The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an administrative ruling increasing the use of Free Open Source Software products at state agencies, increasing the software's use both in the back office and on the desktop. According to the new rule, 100% of government servers must run Linux by June 30, 2009, and 70% of agencies must use OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird by the end of 2009. The regulation also sets benchmarks for training and proficiency in the software. Vietnam has a population of 86 million, 4 million larger than that of Germany, and is one of the world's fastest-growing economies."

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  1. netcraft confirms it!!!! by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Communications Ministry of Vietnam is running ASP.net on Windows Server 2003! oh the ironing!

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  2. Not just Linux by Taxman415a · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know no one reads TFA but it doesn't actually mention anything about requiring Linux. That was your wonderful submitter that seems to have gotten that part wrong. TFA isn't even very clear if the requirement is even to change the server OS or just what apps are installed on it.