Gonna be eating Kraft dinner... anytime in
the near future.
-- AMSTERDAM -- The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open-source software — freely distributed programs that anyone can modify — the Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry said Thursday.
Looks like people are starting to realise that monopoly, like monoculture can have some pretty serious consequences down the road.
Government organizations will still be able to use proprietary software and formats but will have to justify it under the new policy, ministry spokesman Edwin van Scherrenburg said.
Linux, here we come.
