You could, of course, rephrase the story title to "Portugal might find out that GNU/Linux and FOSS kick ass once they start their budget-bound migration". It's a bit lengthy, obviously hypothetical and not particularly inflamatory, and therefore not up to /.'s standard of short, inflammatory and generally plainly wrong titles.
seriously though : if institutions are not forced to migrate they won't, no matter how much their current system suck. Complete infrastructure changes based on quality assessments are rare, as there are a) just too many costs associated with such moves, and b) people don't like big changes. Therefore, as a Gnu/linux and FOSS proponent, I'm more than happy to see stories like this one, as they are probably the best one can realistically expect, at least until enough success stories are publicized. If enough of those appear, then people in charges might jump on the bandwagon (probably for all the wrong reasons, like being seen as "progressive" and whatnot) and force other institutions to follow.