[Discussioni] Fw: [Patents] GNU/Linux Bill Introduced in Finland

[Stefano Maffulli]

Un'altra nazione europea si unisce al gruppo.

/stef

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GNU/Linux Bill Introduced in Finland



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Subject: Finland, arming itself against the New Main Enemy
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> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-06-17-011-26-NW-DP-PB&tbovrmode=1#talkback_area

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> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-06-17-011-26-NW-DP-PB&tbovrmode=1

Linux Bill Introduced in Finland

Jun 17, 2002

[ Thanks to Kyösti Karjula (kyosti.karjula a eduskunta.fi) for
this link. ] 

A group of Finnish MPs have signed a bill requiring national
and local agencies to migrate their IT systems to the Linux
operating system. 

The MPs cited Linux's security and reliability over that of
other operating systems, according to a press release issued
today. According to Finland's Ministry of Finance, the move
to Linux will also result in economic benefits, with
substantial savings to that nation. 

"Free software and technological independence boost
entrepreneurship and encourage local development. For these
reasons, the bill is important. The Finnish government
should be taking advantage of Finnish Linux," stated MP
Kyösti Karjula, the first to sign the bill. Finnish-born
Linus Torvalds is credited with writing the Linux kernel in
1991. 

The Ministry of Finance has estimated that annual savings of
26 million euros could be made by using Linux in state
agencies. Several towns in Finland are already planning to
move their IT systems to Linux. 

News of the bill was welcomed by Finnish Linux company, SOT
Finnish Software Engineering. "As a Finnish citizen, I am
proud to see a concrete interest in Linux and the open
source environment at the parliamentary level here in
Finland, the home country of Linux and of Linus," said
Santeri Kannisto, CEO of SOT. 

The Finnish bill was inspired in part by Germany's recent
decision to embrace Linux and Open Source software. Linux
has also found favor within the post office of China, the
French ministries of culture, defense and education, a
recent open source software initiative in Peru, and among
many other government agencies in Europe and Asia.





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