Open Source in Goverment: A Look at Open Source Adoption around the World

The U.S. government is pushing open source software more strongly than ever. But it's not the first government to adopt open source, and it's certainly not at the top of the list of countries whose authorities have embraced free and open source software.

Christopher Tozzi, Contributing Editor

July 11, 2016

6 Slides
Open Source in Goverment: A Look at Open Source Adoption around the World

The U.S. government is pushing open source software more strongly than ever. But it’s not the first government to adopt open source, and it’s certainly not at the top of the list of countries whose authorities have embraced free and open source software. Here’s a look at some of the major open source initiatives of other governments.

Read more about:

AgentsMSPsVARs/SIs

About the Author

Christopher Tozzi

Christopher Tozzi

Contributing Editor

Christopher Tozzi started covering the channel for The VAR Guy on a freelance basis in 2008, with an emphasis on open source, Linux, virtualization, SDN, containers, data storage and related topics. He also teaches history at a major university in Washington, D.C. He occasionally combines these interests by writing about the history of software. His book on this topic, “For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution,” is forthcoming with MIT Press.

See more from Christopher Tozzi
Free Newsletters for the Channel
Register for Your Free Newsletter Now
Subscribe

You May Also Like

Galleries
See all
Mar 24 - Mar 27, 2025
The Channel Partners Conference & Expo, co-located with MSP Summit, is the gathering place for the technology services community. Agents, VARs, MSPs, integrators and service providers will converge to share ideas and drive discussion on the topics shaping our industry.
REGISTER NOW