“We will introduce Linux every time we have to replace a desktop computer,” he said, “so this year we expect to change 5,000-8,000 to Ubuntu and then 12,000-15,000 over the next four years so that every desktop uses the Linux operating system by 2013-2014.“
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Cocorico! 🙂 [french for “cock-a-doodle-do”]
Precision: it’s not exactly the Police, which is a civilian force, but the Gendarmerie, which is an integral branch of the military, and assumes Police roles in the rural areas, among other missions.
Great news for Ubuntu and Open Source.
Yes, proud to be frensh from time to time… but the mayor of Paris just sign a big deal with microsoft. For a numeric-city. Expect to see the blue screen of death on the tower Eiffel 😉 More on this, here : http://framablog.org/index.php/post/2008/01/29/Microsoft-Paris-partenariat-numerique
I just wish the USA were so enlightened:roll:
Jono, you may want to add this to the planned “Success stories” section at http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWeb/CaseStudies – thanks!