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  • [Photo] Marcos Oliveira de Carvalho • June 18, 2002
    ``Proving again that Windows isn't the ultimate OS for everyone, governments from around the world are looking into Linux.

    ``Government officials the world over are getting drawn into the debate over the relative merits of using open-source software rather than Microsoft's Windows applications and other software developed by vendors who closely guard the intellectual property of their source code. Some countries, such as Germany, have decided to replace Windows and other commercial software products with open-source applications. Other countries remain committed to commercial software, and yet others are straddling the fence.

    ``Some of the nations wading in the Linux waters are:''

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    http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,101879,00.asp

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