There's also big economic incentive for many countries to just go to FOSS solutions for their needs. It alleviates the need for self-sufficient local private co

There's also big economic incentive for many countries to just go to FOSS solutions for their needs. It alleviates the need for self-sufficient local private corporations or huge public programs. Nothing speaks louder to a politician than saving on their budget. Or making administration easier (which is likely to be incredibly important in a country with a bureaucracy as Byzantine as France). Now that the big hacker/open source FUD is mostly done for, I think you'll see a lot more countries deploying FOSS tech as a matter of fact an not as an ideological statement or an avant-garde trial.