Brazil's federal data processing firm Serpro will adopt a GNU/Linux operational system in 60 percent of its 2,500 workstations by December this year, a Serpro press spokesperson confirmed.
"The migration to an open-source software platform will initially generate savings of 3 million reais (US$1 million) by not having to renew proprietary software licenses, local daily Gazeta Mercantil reported Serpro director Sérgio Rosa as saying..."