French Parliament Dumps Windows for Linux

Submitted by igrbrown on Tue, 28/11/2006 - 4:18pm.

"Starting in June 2007, PCs in French deputes' offices will be equipped with a Linux operating system and open-source productivity software. The project,..will see 1,154 French parliamentary workstations running on Linux, with OpenOffice.org productivity software, the Firefox Web browser and an open-source e-mail client."

Maybe x-post to: senator.lundy@aph.gov.au?

More: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6138372.html