New Zealand Government must consider open-source software ACT Leader David Seymour today called on the Government to take a new approach in its software procurement policies, allowing substantial savings to the taxpayer. “A substantial number of civil servants could generate the same output using open source software and open document formats, instead of proprietary software like Microsoft Office. “Departments should see what functions government employees need in their software, then source software that fulfils those functions. “A back of the envelope calculation shows New Zealand could be spending as much as $52 million every four or five years for software functions that could be provided by free open-source software. See http://ift.tt/2b2aX3n
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