Prof. Dr. Hamid R. Rabiee, deputy for Development of Scientific Relations in Iran Telecommunication Research Center, announced during an interview with ILNA, that the project for FOSS migration has become operationally.

He insisted on the project's continiuity and pointed out that “Such projects need time and are ongoing by nature so anyone who is expexcting an end to the project is mistaken. The project's outputs are already substancial but it should carry on.

Dr. Rabiee went on to emphasize the importance of change in culture for moving to Linux and reminded that using GNU/Linux of vital importance to country ICT floorishing.

He mentioned Linux migration in ITRC and said: "The preliminary studies are already over and some departments have started acting, but IT research center is going to completed its transition in the next few months."