Friday, April 07, 2006

Norway Aims to Reduce Microsoft Dependence

An AP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

The Norwegian government said Friday it will increase its use of freely shared, open-source software to reduce its dependency on large computer companies like Microsoft Corp.

The Ministry of Government Administration and Reform said measures to increase use of open-source programs include a specialist panel to set standards for public information.

The government statement said the project will also set standards to allow various operating systems to communicate with one another.

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