For obvious reasons everyone is looking to make cost savings at the moment, and for inspiration you can look to the French Gendarmerie, who have saved millions of Euros as part of a transition to Linux.

 “A report published by the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory provides some details from a recent presentation given by Gendarmerie Lieutenant-Colonel Xavier Guimard, who says that the Gendarmerie has been able to reduced its annual IT budget by 70 percent without having to reduce its capabilities.”

Read the full story over at Ars Technica.

gendarmerie, Linux, recession