not only is Germany...

[Yves . Paindaveine]

... the second biggest contributor to Open Source software, but its federal
government even recommends OSS.

Please find enclosed a neat glossy brochure from the Federal Ministry of
Economy and Technologie about Open Source software and how to use and deploy
it within SMEs. It's in German but babelfish could probably help to get an
English Version. Just published...

http://www.bmwi.de/Homepage/download/infogesellschaft/Open-Source-Software.p
df

-Yves