Open source gets European boost (BBC)

[Ian Malone <ibmalone gmail com>]

"Open source gets European boost"
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6270657.stm>
Aside from the beeb's slightly muddled description of
OSS, it appears an EC report has concluded in almost
all cases long term costs for businesses would be
reduced by switching from proprietary software.

I've yet to attempt to plough through the actual report
though:
<http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf>

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imalone