India Mandates Use of Open Source Software In Government

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 30, 2015 @02:18AM from the free-at-last dept.

jrepin writes The Indian government announced a policy yesterday that makes it mandatory to use open-source software in building apps and services, in an effort to "ensure efficiency, transparency and reliability of such services at affordable costs." The new policy (PDF) states that all government organizations must include a requirement for their software suppliers to consider open-source options when implementing e-governance applications and systems. The move will bring the Indian government in line with other countries including the US, UK and Germany that opt for open-source software over proprietary tools.

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This is it! by Anonymous Coward · 2015-03-30 02:20 · Score: 3, Funny

This is the year if Linux!
1. Re:This is it! by Anonymous Coward · 2015-03-30 02:24 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  This is the year if Linux!
  So, this is not 'the year'?
Re:but without GitHub? by Anonymous Coward · 2015-03-30 04:29 · Score: 1, Funny

Not a problem, they'll offshore the work to H-1Bs in the US