The City renowned for coffee shops and strip bars gets even more liberal.
According to the Dutch newspaper, Trouw, Amsterdam, along with nine other Dutch cities, including Haarlem, Groningen, Eindhoven, and Nijmegen joined together to sign a "manifesto for open software in government." The cities had several reasons to make this move. These included the need to cut down on IT expenses, more independence from software vendors, and better data interoperability.
Yet another reason to spend your hard earned cash in the chill out capital of Europe.
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