[Am-info] VIETNAM TO SPEND $20M TO PUSH OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE

Fred Miller fmiller@lightlink.com
Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:43:02 -0500


VIETNAM TO SPEND $20M TO PUSH OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE

Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) will spend $20
million over the next four years to speed up development and deployment
of open-source software in the country. This will enable Vietnam to cut
software buying costs, boost its domestic software industry and
alleviate copyright infringement, a government report said Tuesday.

For the full story:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=578224:1F5C3D3

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