Comment Re:Germany (Score 1) 171
Only last year the Dutch goverment made a commitment to use Open Source software.
http://www.computable.nl/artikels/archi ef2/d50mh2i j.htm (in Dutch)
Also the goverments of France and Spain funded Open Souce initiatives.
http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/ 18157.html
Altough costs are a one of the big reasons for countries like Spain, the Dutch goverment believes that using Open Source software opposed to properietary software will improve quality, realibility, security and innovation of the software.
http://www.computable.nl/artikels/arch
Also the goverments of France and Spain funded Open Souce initiatives.
http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story
Altough costs are a one of the big reasons for countries like Spain, the Dutch goverment believes that using Open Source software opposed to properietary software will improve quality, realibility, security and innovation of the software.