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New Zealand school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source
Jordan to become the open source hub of the middle east
French army sides with open source in Microsoft email war
Open Source dominates in Malaysia
Open source software eats into the SAP market
London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux
IBM issues a ban on Microsoft Office
IT corporations who lock-in businesses face competition from open source
Tax payers paying the cost for commercial proprietary software
DreamWorks uses open source cloud to cut filmmaking costs
Virgin America turns to open source
Microsoft acknowledges open source is a threat to Windows
How an open source company is becoming the new Microsoft
The free and open source web browser Firefox has been downloaded over a billion times
Google to compete with Microsft head on launching open source alternative to Windows
The US Postal Service moves entire service to open source software
Amsterdam make OpenOffice and Firefox default on city desktops
Morgan Stanley growing its use of open source
Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu giant switches to Linux
The French national police force saves millions with open source
The UK government backs open source
The UK Conserative party turn to open source software for Government IT savings
The Vietnam Government pushes open source software
Companies turning to open source in the recession
Norway encourages use of open source software
Bloomberg reports open source Linux growth now eating into Microsofts revenue
US schools flock to open source maximizing budgets during tough economic times
BMW develop open source in-vehicle platform
The government of Sardinia approves bill promoting open source software
Oldham Council in the UK now use open source software
Google continues to back open source by creating its own web browser
BBC reports on a legal milestone for open source
Two Malaysian states move to Open Office
Microsoft now sponsors open source software
Forrester projects further growth in the use of open source databases
Open Source Software trusted to monitor nuclear test ban treaty compliance
Nokia backs Open Source by buying into the open source mobile phone market
New York Times reports European Commission promoting open standards
Formula One motor racing uses Open Source Linux
BBC News reports the public perception of open source software is changing fast
Open source the biggest potential game changer for Australian government
Schools in Switzerland convert 9000 PC's to Open Source Linux
The UK’s two major political parties both pledge to use Open Source
EU funds €10m on Open Source project
Open Source Software helps farmers in rural India
The German city council of Freiburg switch to Open Source
Iceland's government promotes open source software
The Malaysian Administrative Modernisation Unit migrates to OpenOffice
Brazilian corporations embrace open source software
French police deal blow to Microsoft and use open source software
Peugeot Citroën Rolls Out 20,000 Open Source Desktops
European Commission Encourages Businesses To Use Open Source
French Parliament Dumps Windows For Open Source Linux
Amsterdam Evaluates Open Source
Indian State Migrates From Microsoft To Open Source
Space Tourist And Entrepreneur Promotes Open Source
Open Source Investment Rose 131% In 2006