Linux in Government – Winning in Australia
LXer.com interviews Con Zymaris about the progress he is making in promoting Linux and open source to Australian governments.
Zymaris writes, “We’re winning, but it’s no cake-walk… We’re winning in terms of acknowledgment from most industry stakeholders: The Australian federal and several state governments have enacted various procurement programs for accelerating the uptake of open source software. Corporates that won’t consider deploying open source software are now looked upon as anachronistic luddites by their peers. I’ve even been told of situations where vendors and staff have been fired for emphasizing Microsoft instead of Linux. The message is seeping out and opinions swayed.”
Continued good luck and perseverance to Con Zymaris and to us all!