The Croatian government has decided to adopt a free software policy and move entirely to Open Source.
According to a document with the catchy title "Directions for Development and Use of Open Source Code Computer Programmes in Bodies and Institutions of State Administration" the Government says it needs to develop, prepare and procure open-source software.
It also says that open source programmes make the government's business more transparent and free access to information.
It reckons that Open Source will also save the Croatian tax payers huge amounts of cash while at the same time strengthening the domestic information science industry.
The report is available here.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Nick Farrell
Quelle/Source: The Inquirer, 19.10.2006
