The French government is shifting to other open source software such as Linux instead of Windows and OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office. Monday, December 14, 2009: The French military is now using the Thunderbird client on over 80,000 computers as it finds Mozilla's latest email client more secure than Microsoft Outlook. The department found Mozilla's open source design permitted France to build extensions for security, while Microsoft's proprietary software allowed no extensions to be made.
According to Reuters, "France's military chose open source software after an internal government debate that began in 2003 and culminated in a 6 November 2007, directive requiring state agencies Seek maximum technological and commercial independence."
The military has released some of its work to the public under the name 'TrustedBird' and co-branded it with Mozilla.
The French government is also shifting to other open source software such as Linux instead of Windows and OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office.
Reuters quoted Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic Suel, ministry of defence as saying, "They may move beyond government, because TrustedBird's security extensions make it transposable to large international companies."
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