The Middle East government of Jordan had signed a deal with open
source database specialist Ingres to promote the use of open source
software in the country.
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"Our agreement with Ingres will help us to raise awareness and create
a general understanding among government agency leaders about the
value of open source software," said Shamayleh. "Open source allows IT
systems to be built without expensive upfront investments in license
fees and, with Ingres, without compromising on critical needs for
privacy, security, and reliability that are crucial to our government
agencies."

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