[General] Brazilian government owned IT enterprise SERPRO selects Debian GNU/Linux for its servers and wishes to collaborate

[Mohammed Al-Essa]

The Servico Federal de Processamento de Dados (SERPRO), (a US$ 1
billion annual revenue Brazilian government owned IT enterprise),
announced during the Debian Day Brasil 2008 Porto Alegre that it has
selected Debian GNU/Linux as the preferred distribution for its
hundreds of GNU/Linux development and production servers. Future
SERPRO tenders and public hearings will include clauses requiring
Debian GNU/Linux compatibility. Recent SERPRO tenders have already
encouraged participation by small FLOSS regional companies, as well as
Debian support services.

The SERPRO board decided that Debian GNU/Linux is more suitable for
its new corporate goals. SERPRO has decided to increase supplier
independence, flexibility, agility, and participation in technical
solutions by direct interaction with the Debian Project community.
This is the first time that a federal government institution of this
size has reached out to the Debian Project community for a closer
relationship. The Debian Project will keep its institutional partners
collaboration channel available for other government agencies who want
to consider a similar relationship.

http://times.debian.net/1272-SERPRO-chose-Debian-and-wishes-to-collaborate

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