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A petition has been created by an Austrian EU rep. to replace Windows with GNU/Linux in all Europe (www.europarl.europa.eu)
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The petition is open to all EU resident. The goal is to replace all Windows in all public institution in Europe with a sovereign GNU/Linux.

If the petition is successful it would be a huge step forward for GNU/Linux adoption.

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[โ€“] CameronDev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe. I suspect most of the government apps will be webapps, and not particularly relevant to the rest of us.

Maybe Firefox will get some funding :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So they can blow it on functions they cancel :)