Creator Of Linux Linus Torvalds Finally a US Citizen

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The creator of Linux operating system finally got his US citizenship and he is really happy about that. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux is originally from Finland and he moved to the US in the year 1997, 13 years is what it took for him to finally get a US citizenship.

Linux is surely one huge mark in the open source circle and the world uses it now. Linus Torvalds just got his citizenship around a week before.

Linus Torvalds has two kids and they are US citizens from the time they were born. Torvalds revealed his citizenship on Linux kernel mailing this around this week. He was really excited as this gives him the right to vote and he can also update his social security number now.

Linus Torvalds at present lives in Portland, Oregon and works at the Linux Foundation as a software engineer.

Torvalds currently resides in Portland, Oregon and works as a software engineer for the Linux Foundation.

Government “committed” to using more open source

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3239664/government-committed-to-using-more-open-source/

Flexibility of open source makes it attractive

By Anh Nguyen | Computerworld UK | Published 16:18, 15 September 10

The government has said it is "committed" to using more open source software "where possible".

In a parliamentary written answer yesterday, Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, said that the government will "actively and fairly" consider open source and proprietary solutions in its procurement decisions.

"Procurement decisions will be made on the basis of the best value for money solution to the business requirement, taking account of total cost of ownership of the solution.

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"Where there is no significant overall cost difference between open and non-open source products, open source will be selected on the basis of its additional inherent flexibility," he said.

However, Maude said that the government had not made any estimates on the possible cost savings from moving to open source.

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"While more open procurement can undoubtedly save money, it is difficult to ascertain precise cost savings from open source software alone as it is one element in the overall solution," he said.

Maude said that the Cabinet Office was working with the Office of Government Commerce on a "Guidance for Procurers", which focuses on open source software.

A recent survey by Accenture revealed that more than two-thirds of businesses expect to increase their investment in open source software in this year.

Meanwhile, last week Atos Origin became the first supplier to announce that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government to launch a 'single-client' approach to IT procurement.