Netherlands Adopts Open-Source Software

December 13, 2007 By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open-source software - freely distributed programs that anyone can modify - the Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry said Thursday.

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