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Governments push open-source software

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-202-6996393.html

Governments push open-source software

By Paul Festa

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

August 29, 2001, 4:00 a.m. PT

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6996393.html?tag=prntfr

Governments around the world have found a new rallying cry--"Software libre!"--and Microsoft is working overtime to quell it.

A recent global wave of legislation is compelling government agencies, and in some cases government-owned companies, to use open- source or free software unless proprietary software is the only feasible option.

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