[Ubuntu-be] Ubuntu and open source software in the French Gendarmerie Nationale

[Michel]

This is a success story we dream about. Not only for Linux in general 
but specialy for Ubuntu. The French gendarmerie prefers Ubunutu over 
(French) Mandrake.

jean7491 schreef:
> A success story for your information :
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> source : 
> http://www.osor.eu/news/fr-gendarmerie-saves-millions-with-open-desktop-and-web-applications  
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> The French Gendarmerie's gradual migration to a complete open source 
> desktop and web applications has saved millions of euro, says 
> Lieutenant-Colonel Xavier Guimard. "This year the IT budget will be 
> reduced by 70 percent. This will not affect our IT systems."
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> Guimard this Thursday (05/03/2009) in the city of Utrecht in the 
> Netherlands gave a presentation on the move from a Microsoft-based to an 
> Ubuntu GNU/Linux-based desktop. The Lieutenant-Colonel was one of the 
> keynote speakers at an annual conference organised by NOiV, the Dutch 
> national resource centre on open source and open standards.
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> Presentation available (pdf, in French) : 
> http://www.noiv.nl/files/xavier_guimard_05032009.pdf
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