Malaysia likes open source

It's another win for the Open Source movement. Other than my OS, the MS Office suite, I'm increasingly searching for Open Source software to use too!

All Government technology procurement will now have a preference for open source software (OSS), under the Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Software Masterplan made available to the public this morning.
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it also states, "in situations where advantages and disadvantages of OSS and proprietary software are equal, preference shall be given to OSS."