The French Parliament votes a legislation that gives priority to Free Software(april.org)
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The French Parliament votes a legislation that gives priority to Free Software
http://www.april.org/en/first-time-france-parliament-votes-legislation-gives-priority-free-software
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Munich has not only migrated its administration to open source solutions, but even sends its citizens open source OS CDs.
People slowly begin to understand, it seems.
People slowly begin to understand, it seems.
http://www.sita.co.za/FOSS/FOSS1.html
A policy alone doesn't seem to help, as can be seen here: http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...
Legislation might be a better approach. I couldn't find the exact numbers now, but a country like RSA sends around 1 billion US out of the country for software licenses yearly.