Europe, Brazil and China joined for open source software platform
Europe, Brazil and China have teamed up to launch a global platform to promote the adoption of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) by businesses, governments and academia.
Europe, Brazil and China have teamed up to launch a global platform to promote the adoption of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) by businesses, governments and academia.
[This article was published in the May 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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