Australian Government switches to Linux

Australian IT writes:

THE Linux operating system is beginning to loosen the proprietary software industry’s hold on the Australian government software market.

The NSW government said it had established Australia’s the first whole-of-government panel to supply open source software and services to its departments and agencies.

This is an excellent example of the power of Linux and open source. It’s able not only to perform well as a server and as a desktop, but it’s dependable enough to power a whole government’s resources. This is still just the beginning, eventually all the world’s most popular software will be open source and there will just be a few niche apps (and in-house company-specific applications) that remain commercial.

For any real info on this topic I recommend you read the comments on the SlashDot post about this event.