-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 http://www.iosn.net/government/news/laissez-faire-linux A consortium lead by Capgemini has won what seems to be the largest open source contract ever: 15 to 40 millions euros for the next 3 years (17 to 47 MUSD). Capgemini commits to provide support for the 150 open source products used within the information system of the French Ministry of Finances. Capgemini is the overall leader of the project and will provide the project management. Three companies — Capgemini, Linagora and Bull — are due to provide support for the 150 open source products used in the company, which already uses ATOS Origin to provide support for its JBoss systems. Each of the services companies in turn uses a number of subcontractors to provide support for the individual products, for example, JBoss is a subcontractor to ATOS Origin. But despite the double-layer of consultants involved in supporting open source, the savings are still considerable. "If I add the costs of supporting JBoss and the costs of the new contracts I will sign, the total corresponds to ten times less than what I would pay for proprietary software," says Lapeyre, chief technical officer at the French tax agency. - -- Asteris Masouras Software Developer - Translator Blog: http://oneiros.gr/blog GPG public key ID: 0x0AE9A362 Digital rights in Greece: http://digitalrights.gr "Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes." - -- Juvenal (ca. 60 to 130 AD), Sat. 6, 347 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQD1AwUBRA7zS6+yJfzrMzHPAQIImAb+J4nPPdj0Aa38OfJizoNxe4CRfjjDNwvI 5jdPJ701KJW8AyEtTeCI/XRWxGxtaaRKbc6raovQgvXKNF16x8hwtx1S1Vg6ruax IE5nYfMbwIWE8PAp9g9vf0iJcrh2qsdfSHPPLBY+vWgNbCJeKxO5+uvSBOZ41amb i8If9W/6VapGB5GShCyWg+A335E+DUC0GOGbd7oTlsEhm4Shrf6XRDqtAFNSm2r9 Ax1PG0mpZXULblnNK2MbvsnqPyp5e8tOTB8qrmb3IBRSapghGH6DisoS667XtWRj LfmAHeJ9Bhk= =MwS3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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