Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:02:04 -0400 From: madodelatptdprolog.net Subject: [VOICENWS] Opensource Mandates From: "Janeira St. Clare" Greetings, The article below details a trend worldwide of governments passing laws mandating preference be given to free/open source software. This could have very interesting implications for members of the OS/2 community. Enjoy - Janeira ------ "Governments push open-source software By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com August 29, 2001, 4:00 a.m. PT Governments around the world have found a new rallying cry--"Software libre!"--and Microsoft is working overtime to quell it. A recent global wave of legislation is compelling government agencies, and in some cases government-owned companies, to use open-source or free software unless proprietary software is the only feasible option." Full story: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6996393.html?tag=tp_pr ----------- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajoratos2voice.org unsubscribe news end If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submitatos2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedbackatos2voice.org