Free software adoption cases
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Austria[edit]
Vienna[edit]
In 2005 Vienna migrated Microsoft Office 2000 to OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Windows 2000 to Linux .[1][2]
Brazil[edit]
The government of Brazil migrated from Microsoft Windows to Linux .[3][4]
France[edit]
National Assembly[edit]
The National Assembly of France has had plans to migrate to Linux, OpenOffice.org and Firefox.[5][6]
National Gendarmerie[edit]
The National Gendarmerie adopted OpenOffice.org[7] Firefox and Thunderbird.
Germany[edit]
Munich[edit]
The City of Munich decided to migrate its desktops from Microsoft Windows NT to Linux. On 28 May 2003 the city announced the migration,[8] in June 2004 after the pilot project run by SuSE Linux and IBM there was a final approval for the migration.[9] On 14 April 2005 the city decided to migrate to Debian from a commercial Linux distribution.[10]
Schwäbisch Hall[edit]
Schwäbisch Hall migrated its 400 workstations to Linux in late 2002.[11] The factors were cost, better security, escape from the treadmill of vendor-driven upgrades.
India[edit]
Assam[edit]
Government of Assam state made open source a part of its IT policy.[12][13]
Kerala[edit]
Under the IT@School project the government of Kerala has adopted free and open sourced software for the schools.[14]
Romania[edit]
Public libraries[edit]
IOSSPL is a free and open source software used for public libraries in Romania.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Vienna to softly embrace Linux - ZDNet UK
- ^ Open Source Software am Arbeitsplatz im Magistrat Wien
- ^ NPR: Brazil Makes Move to Open Source Software
- ^ BBC NEWS | Business | Brazil adopts open-source software
- ^ Assemblée nationale : communiqué de presse
- ^ Linux s'installe dans les PC des députés - Actualités - ZDNet.fr
- ^ La gendarmerie nationale passe à OpenOffice - Actualités - ZDNet.fr
- ^ Munich deal boosts desktop Linux - ZDNet UK
- ^ Munich decides to stick with Linux - ZDNet UK
- ^ Munich picks its Linux distro - ZDNet UK
- ^ German city reveals Linux migration tactics - ZDNet UK
- ^ Assam government IT Policy
- ^ Open Source India News
- ^ Kerala opted for foss
External links[edit]
- Free software in public administration, beta
- http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/chapter/470 IDABC Open Source Case Studies
