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Could governments effectively subsidize open-source development?
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| "All students in France use open source," says Bertrand Diard, CEO and
| co-founder of Talend, a French pioneer of open source data integration
| software. "A lot of universities in the U.S., except probably MIT, use
| traditional tools like Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP." As a result, open source
| talent is more prevalent in France, Diard says; development is faster, and
| software quality is higher because French developers aren't distracted by
| proprietary and competing technology. "The culture of open source is more
| advanced here."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10028891-16.html
Related:
France pins hopes of growth on open-source software
http://open.itworld.com/4915/061205franceopen/page_1.html
French National Assembly switches to Linux
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7687
Free Ubuntu laptops for French students
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/597
French consumer protectionists are demanding PCs without preinstalled
software
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82605/from/rss09
French consumer group attacks PC software bundling
http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061214:MTFH94365_2006-12-14_14-49-22_L14537403&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Choose Mandriva
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| The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries chose to migrate its local
| servers (about 400 machines) from Windows NT Server to Mandriva
| Corporate Server 4.0, within two years.
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http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr/french_ministry_of_agriculture_and_fisheries_choose_mandriva
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