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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.

posted by Fergie @ 4/07/2006 08:50:00 AM