Last update: 18/10/2011
PL: 'Government use of propri…
Poland's government's use of proprietary formats is making it difficult for local public administrations to rid themselves of software vendor lock-in. The national government is relying on proprietary solutions for financial reporting, obstructing for instance the move by the municipality of Goleniów to gradually increase its use of free and open source alternatives. That says Darek Przybylski, network administrator at the municipality, a town some forty kilometers east of the border between Germany and Poland. Przybylski talked about the move to free and open source software in Goleniów at…
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