[Wftl-lug] New Zealand Justice Ministry prefers Open Source Software

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi,

Good news here.  In a paper dated 11 Dec. 2007, the New Zealand Justice
Ministry has taken a position favoring Free Open Source Software if all
other aspects of the proprietary competitor are comparable. The policy does
not rule out proprietary software; but it does state a clear preference for
FOSS where all other things are equal.

The digg link is first, and the original story to which the Digg story is
linked is second.

http://digg.com/linux_unix/New_Zealand_Justice_Ministry_prefers_Open_Source_Software

http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2007/ministry-justice-open-source-discussion-paper

The Slashdot firehose story is here:

http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=421979

-- 
Christian Einfeldt,
Producer, The Digital Tipping Point

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