UN trade body says governments should seize Free Software opportunities

[Sam Liddicott]

Seize usually means something more drastic when governments do it.

Sam
On Dec 13, 2012 7:30 AM, "Matthias Kirschner" <mk at fsfe.org> wrote:

>   Governments should encourage the use of free and open source software,
>   recommends Unctad in a report published on 28 November. The United
>   Nation's trade and investment body says that an increasing uptake of
>   open source will help to develop an innovative domestic software
>   market. It also makes public organisations less dependent on
>   large-scale software manufacturers.
>
> http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/un-trade-body-says-governments-should-seize-open-source-opportunities
>
> Has anyone read the chapter yet? Report is here:
> http://unctad.org/en/pages/PublicationWebflyer.aspx?publicationid=271
>
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>
> Regards,
> Matthias
>
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