This is definately a shot in the arm for Open Source Software. This announcement alone can only help to galvanize the creditability of nation-wide deployment of OSS.
With the success of the Multimedia Super Cooridor the country will finally benefit from free and open software to provide services for a much lower price.
Oh and btw: this is mainly a Muslim country, and IMHO there isnt any doubt that the other Muslim countries will follow given the current trend of discrimination against Muslims in countries such as the US of A which could affect commerce. Not to be vague, but the Muslim counties see that Western corporations (M$) only want to take their money.
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What makes you an authority on what constitutes a windows replacement?
This is definately a shot in the arm for Open Source Software. This announcement alone can only help to galvanize the creditability of nation-wide deployment of OSS. With the success of the Multimedia Super Cooridor the country will finally benefit from free and open software to provide services for a much lower price. Oh and btw: this is mainly a Muslim country, and IMHO there isnt any doubt that the other Muslim countries will follow given the current trend of discrimination against Muslims in countries such as the US of A which could affect commerce. Not to be vague, but the Muslim counties see that Western corporations (M$) only want to take their money.
... With PHP!?!?!?