The French parliament is planned to migrate over Linux by removal window in support of open source, the planned switch date is June 2007. They have planned to use Firefox as their web browser. “The study showed that open-source software will from now on offer functionality adapted to the needs of MPs,” the parliament said. They also went on to say, this will allow us to make substantial savings despite the associated migration and training costs.
The French Government is endorsing the concept of an Open Desktop system in general, however they are using Open Source Software on some of their servers, including Apache, Linux and Mambo, the Government expects to achieve significant cost savings in the long term using Open Source desktops as well.
Before French move Munich/ Mannheim before now already started using linux, that reduced drastically the operating cost that might be the reason French are overwhelmed to switch over. However they may face crucial time to train their staff to work in linux operating system.
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