All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux

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All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux, By Fiat

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?si ... 07/1940248

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 07, @02:52PM
from the power-to-the-people dept.
Linux Business Government IT


christian.einfeldt writes "The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an administrative ruling increasing the use of Free Open Source Software products at state agencies, increasing the software's use both in the back office and on the desktop. According to the new rule, 100% of government servers must run Linux by June 30, 2009, and 70% of agencies must use OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird by the end of 2009. The regulation also sets benchmarks for training and proficiency in the software. Vietnam has a population of 86 million, 4 million larger than that of Germany, and is one of the world's fastest-growing economies."