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MISTICA: Venezuela Shifts to Open Source

From: Daniel Pimienta ([email protected])
Date: Sun Nov 10 2002 - 13:35:51 AST


Source: UNDP's ICT for Development (ICTD) Observatory

>---- Venezuela's Government Shifts to Open Source Software
>According to government sources in Venezuela, the South American nation
>has announced an official policy that exclusively calls for the use of
>open source software in that government. The entire policy was summed up
>in this statement by Dr. Felipe P�rez-Mart�, Planning and Development
>Minister: "Open source whenever possible, propietary software only when
>necesary." Additionally, the policy also outlines a new Internet access
>program where all machines would be Linux-based and held under community
>franchise.
>http://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=4512&do=gpage



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