Am Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2007 05:40 schrieb Ciaran O'Riordan:
Just for a source of ideas, I'm trying to build a list of examples of governments using free software on a large scale.
What do you mean with large scale?
South Tyrol uses Free Software at a larger scale:
The public administration uses OpenOffice.org since the mid of 2005. Even not exclusively. This was one step in line with the action plan to the South Tyrolean Information Society:
http://www.provinz.bz.it/specials/esuedtirol/index_d.htm#k13
All servers in the comuns use GNU/Linux and on the client they use OpenOffice.org.
http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-gemeindenverband/
All italian speaking schools (from the first class to the collage) use GNU/Linux (project FUSS)
The public transport company at South Tyrol uses Free Software since 1993:
http://www.cocos.bz.it/sezione/best-practice/best-practice-sad/
Happy hacking! Patrick