Previously we had couple of goverments & govt organisations showing thier support for Open source, Now we have Norway joining the foray.

Norwegian Minister for Modernization Morton Andreas Meyer is asking all government institutions in the sparsely populated Nordic country to have a plan in place for the use of open-source software by the end of 2006.

Without specifically mentioning Microsoft Corp., Meyer, who is responsible for the Norwegian government's IT policy, said earlier this week at a news conference in Oslo that "proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in communication between citizens and government."

While not entirely abandoning Microsoft entirely, several European governments, including Germany, France and the U.K., have introduced programs to support the use of open-source software, particularly the Linux operating system, in the public sector.

Source: Computer WorldPrashanth RaiTag(s): open Source,Government IT