One million French computers running FOSS and other news

The French has committed itself to fully utilize the benefit of Open Source.

The French government wants open source providers to resupply state computers.

The French government in a cost-cutting move is trying to trim down IT spending budget and giving alternate software providers a chance. The French Civil Services minister was reported as saying that he wants to use open source to resupply part of the 1 million state computers.

http://www.iosn.net/government/news/one-million-fr-computers

The following link has many news in terms of Open Source adaptation to their government agencies.

http://www.iosn.net/government/news