Spanish Region Goes Entirely Open Source
The Spanish region of Extremadura has gone open source, deciding to move its entire administration to Linux and open-source software within a year.
The region's government has promoted open source for nearly 10 years but will now make it a requirement that its officials use the ODF and PDF formats for all documents.
Luis Millan de Vazquez de Miguel, councillor for Infrastructures and Technological Development, said the administration was the first public body to take such a radical step.
"This is an important initiative that the Junta de Extremadura has been working on for a long time, accumulating experience and analyzing the impact on our organization so as to guarantee its success," he said on Friday. The decision was reached in a July 25 meeting.
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