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Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Government: A Policy Primer

Overview Free and Open Source Software is a proven and mature solution set that offers many opportunities to developing nations building their ICT infrastructure. Numerous corporations, institutions and government agencies are utilizing FOSS throughout their ICT infrastructure and running mission critical applications upon it. Countless national governments are relying on FOSS to kick start their ICT infrastructure, develop local capacity, increase competition in the ICT industry and reduce their dependence on any single vendor.

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Publisher	United Nations	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2004
Format	White Papers
Topics	Procurement and Sourcing, Infrastructure Management

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