TMCnet: The Netherlands Adopts Open-Source Software - by Raju Shanbhag
The Netherlands Adopts Open-Source Software - by Raju Shanbhag
The Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry has set a deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open source software — a move signifying the nation’s push to embrace open software. The plan was approved unanimously at a meeting of two parliamentary commissions. The Netherlands government expects to save at least euro 6.09 million (US $ 8.8 million a year )on city housing registers alone after switching to open source. Microsoft has said it is worried about and opposed to the Netherlands government’s policy that its agencies should prefer only open source. Said Bos of Microsoft Netherlands: “We think it’s not in the best interest of the wider software market to single out one model for endorsement like this.”
Labels: Computer industry, EU, Netherlands, Open Source
