NewsForge link is currently running an article on Ukraine taking a similar path, although based on a slightly different motivation.. 90% av all computers run pirated software. And in an effort to become acceptable for the European Union, introducing legal computer systems will be far to expensive with proprietary software.
Still it remains to see if Ukraine is making a serious step towards open source and more important open standards, or just using it to negotiate "low" prices on Microsoft products
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NewsForge link is currently running an article on Ukraine taking a similar path, although based on a slightly different motivation.. 90% av all computers run pirated software. And in an effort to become acceptable for the European Union, introducing legal computer systems will be far to expensive with proprietary software. Still it remains to see if Ukraine is making a serious step towards open source and more important open standards, or just using it to negotiate "low" prices on Microsoft products