In 2002 and 2003, Cabinet noted and adopted policy recommendations from the Government IT Officer’s Council (GITOC) pertaining to Free & Open Source Software (FOSS). In putting forth these policies, the issues of technical performance, security, cost and others pertaining to the selection, implementation, support and enhancement of FOSS IT systems were addressed, and it was predominantly on the basis of these direct cost/performance issues that policies supportive of FOSS were adopted.