[Liverpool] Biggest official move into Open Source/Free Software? Ever?

[Bob Ham]

On Sat, 2012-03-24 at 07:37 +0000, Sebastian Arcus wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/23/iceland_goes_opensource/

This is great news.  Fortunately though, I'm delighted to say that it is
far from the biggest official move :-)


The city of Munich has mandated a switch to Linux.  They have a
population of 1.3 million whereas Iceland has a population of only
318000.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/limux-munich-linux-migration-project-reports-success


Peru, with a population of 29.6 million, has a legislated that
government departments cannot buy "systems that tie users into any
particular type of software or that limits information autonomy".

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/29/peru_goes_open_source/


Brazil, with a population of 195 million, has a strongly pro-open source
stance within government.  In addition, there have been laws passed in
some states that stipulate a preference for open source software.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2003/11/61257


Even our own humble United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
has policies that open source software should be preferred.

http://www.techweb.com/news/51201307/uk-gives-open-source-the-ok.html

There have even been moves away from proprietary software, similar to
Munich's.  My old employer, Bristol City Council, dictated a move away
from Microsoft Office to Star Office back in 2004.  I must admit, it was
refreshing to work in a centrally managed corporate environment and yet
have a free software office suite in the OS menu :-)

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240058798/Bristol-City-Council-spurns-Microsoft-for-Star-Office



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