+ - Egyptian government to adopt FLOSS on larger scale->
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ezabi writes "After announcing a 43 Million USD license agreement with Microsoft, the Egyptian government was faced with a protest from FLOSS enthusiasts staging a stand before the cabinet http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/activists-protest-microsoft-deal
Later, representatives from the community had a meeting with the minister of communications and information technology, such a meeting led to the ministry issuing a press release (in Arabic) stating its commitment to gradually move to open source as a strategic option for future projects.
It's worth mentioning that all governmental websites used in the elections and constitution referendum were all based on open source solutions."
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Later, representatives from the community had a meeting with the minister of communications and information technology, such a meeting led to the ministry issuing a press release (in Arabic) stating its commitment to gradually move to open source as a strategic option for future projects.
It's worth mentioning that all governmental websites used in the elections and constitution referendum were all based on open source solutions."
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Egyptian government to adopt FLOSS on larger scale