Hi gents,<br><br>Just wanted to announce here a recent communication of the French First minister about "Free software use in French Administration".<br><br>In this letter, the first minister recognize the benefits of free software (like Apache, Libre Office, Firefox, Thunderbird,....) and ask to all the ministries to study the switch to free software when possible.<br>
<br>It explains the importance to use LTS release of free softwares, when available.<br><br>It also explain that in order to develop robust free software and strong community, some <span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">financial</span></span> participation should be given, for instance, 5% of the saving should be reversed to the community in order to help it to be sustainable.<br>
<br>There is a lot of other informations, so I recommend to all of those who read French to read this announcement, because it may have positive consequences for Thunderbird and Lightning, and it is some sort of revolution in France!<br>
<br>Some references:<br><a href="http://circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/pdf/2012/09/cir_35837.pdf">http://circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/pdf/2012/09/cir_35837.pdf</a><br><a href="http://linuxfr.org/news/circulaire-du-premier-ministre-sur-l-usage-des-logiciels-libres-dans-l-administration">http://linuxfr.org/news/circulaire-du-premier-ministre-sur-l-usage-des-logiciels-libres-dans-l-administration</a><br>
<br>-- <br>Vincent (caméléon)<br><br>