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[ga] All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux, By Fiat

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  • Subject: [ga] All of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux, By Fiat
  • From: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:24:39 -0800

All,

  How Orwellion!  So much for Net Nutrality here.  >:(  Given
the recent security holes in Firefox as well, it seems that such
a dictatorial decision by the Ministry of Information and
Communication in Vietnam is a foolish one as well.  Perhaps
Eric can pursuade them to rethink this decision lest Vietnam
wishes to see a stark reduction in ecommerce and find themselves
de-routed or filtered in accordance with the recent FCC
ruling, accordingly...

See:
The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications has issued
an administrative ruling
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2009/01/822425/
increasing the use of Free Open Source Software products at state
agencies, increasing the software's use both in the back office and on
the desktop.
According to the new rule, 100% of government servers must run Linux by
June 30, 2009, and 70% of agencies must use OpenOffice.org, Mozilla
Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird by the end of 2009. The regulation also

sets benchmarks for training and proficiency in the software. Vietnam
has a population of 86 million, 4 million larger than that of Germany,
and is one of
the world's fastest-growing economies.

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