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<h1><font size="4"><span style="font-weight:normal">French government to use PostgreSQL and LibreOffice in free software adoption push</span></font></h1>
<h2 class="strapline"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font size="4">The plan could see up to 10 percent of money saved on proprietary software licenses reinvested in improving free software</font></span></h2>
<p class="articleInfo">By <span>Peter Sayer</span> | IDG News Service | Published 16:05, <span>25 September 12</span></p>
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<p>French government agencies could become
more active participants in free software projects, under an action plan
sent by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in a letter to ministers,
while software giants Microsoft and Oracle might lose out as the
government pushes free software such as <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3377046/libreoffice-tackle-critical-bugs-with-hardhacks-program/" target="_blank">LibreOffice</a> or PostgreSQL in some areas.</p>
<p>Ayrault wants different branches of the French administration to use the
same free software as one another when possible, so as to share
experience and cut support costs. Until now, each ministry or agency has
been left to pursue its own strategy.</p><p>He also wants them to reinvest between 5 percent and 10 percent of the
money they save through not paying for proprietary software licenses,
spending it instead on contributing to the development of the free
software. The administration already submits patches and bug fixes for
the applications it uses, but Ayrault wants to go beyond that,
contributing to or paying for the addition of new functionality to the
software.</p><p><a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/open-source/3400404/french-govt-use-postgresql-libreoficce-in-free-software-adoption-push/">Please click this link for more details</a><br></p><br>-- <br><b>----------------------------------------------------<br>
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