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[Francesco Potorti`]

AUSTRALIAN TAX OFFICE GOES OPEN SOURCE
      The Australian Tax Office will adopt an open-source software policy 
for the first time, opening its Microsoft-dominated standard operating 
environment (SOE) to products such as Linux. ATO second commissioner Greg 
Farr said an internal review of open-source software -- done in conjunction 
with the Gartner Group -- concluded that the agency should evaluate and use 
open-source software where appropriate. The cost of the Change Program is 
estimated to be up to $800 million. (The Australian 24 Feb 2004)
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8771045%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html