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Governments

Peru is considering mandating the use of Open Source. There is a famous letter [15] from Dr. Nuñez, Congressman of the Republica of Peru, that lays out the reasons why government sites have an obligation to use free rather than proprietary software.

Again, this is a case where people should not be forced to buy Microsoft in order to visit their government websites. In England, at the moment, you must use Microsoft software to partake in certain government services.



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