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Thanks Vincent. This is indeed a move in the right direction.<br>
<br>
The Thunderbird team has been working with the French administration
along those lines for the last year and I hope we will be able to
have some suport from them in the near future. More on this later.<br>
<br>
Jb<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/09/12 07:35, Vincent wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAJan_WCSng1mzgM2goy5WQe1wXQAzVdj4auczjuOiOb8E=GcGA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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-- <br>
Vincent (caméléon)<br>
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