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Re:"Linux switch saved city millions and reduced user compla... by ttt_ on Monday April 02, 2012 @09:22AM (#3787934)
Interestingly, as more government entities adopt linux and foss in general, they have a lot more incentive to provide support for that. So maybe in a couple years these government-issued software will target linux distros.
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Re:"Linux switch saved city millions and reduced user compla... by ajuc on Monday April 02, 2012 @09:38AM (#3788002)
In this case this isn't government-issued software. It's just some free(as in beer) software attached to law newspaper. They attach it each year with updated forms and formulas to calculate tax.
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Re:"Linux switch saved city millions and reduced user compla... by rbanffy on Monday April 02, 2012 @02:17PM (#3789348)
In Brazil, you can submit your tax return forms using applications that run on Windows, Linux and Macs. They probably run on anything with a J2SE runtime.
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