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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:33 am
by faruqkhan
Government wants to break free from Microsoft? – France shows you how.
http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/09/ ... s-you-how/
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:01 pm
by faruqkhan
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:30 pm
by faruqkhan
Open standards policy in India: A long, but successful journey
http://opensource.com/government/10/11/ ... ul-journey
EU External Affairs publishes crisis data mining tools as op
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:45 pm
by faruqkhan
EU External Affairs publishes crisis data mining tools as open source
The crisis room at the European Union's Directorate-General for External Relations has published several open source data mining tools, meant to provide real-time support for early warning and crisis response.
The main tool, Tarîqa, version 3.0, is an open source search platform that uses and combines information from search engines, information databases and geographic information sources including satellite images. "Tarîqa's advanced information retrieval tools makes it possible to gain useful knowledge from the masses of information that are available", the developers write in their introduction.
http://www.osor.eu/news/eu-external-aff ... pen-source
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:37 am
by faruqkhan
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:34 am
by faruqkhan
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:37 am
by faruqkhan
Best Practices in Open Source Foundation Governance – Part I
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standards ... 1140417338
Raleigh, NC—the world's first open source city
http://opensource.com/government/11/2/r ... ource-city
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:52 pm
by faruqkhan
Nonprofit helps government expand open source software usage
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/0 ... ource.html
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:20 am
by faruqkhan
Linux-based system tries to tame San Francisco traffic
http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News ... ntroller-/
Brazilian government signs up to develop OpenOffice and LibreOffice
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ ... 75068.html
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:10 pm
by faruqkhan
Robots for Humanity, Powered by Open Source
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/ubun ... -humanity/
12 Things You See Every Day That Wouldn't Exist Without Linux
Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/linux-ba ... z1Sin0ahl8
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:41 am
by faruqkhan
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:31 pm
by faruqkhan
Open source develops the future of downtown Raleigh
Can you revitalize a city and attract businesses using open source principles? David Diaz, president and CEO of the Downtown Raleigh Alliance thinks so
http://opensource.com/government/11/8/o ... wn-raleigh
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:16 pm
by faruqkhan
Non-profit Group Releases Open Source Mesh WiFi Network Software
The non-profit group Geeks Without Frontiers today released open source software based on an upcoming WiFi standard. It lets Linux machines be their own WiFi network, no hardware required.
http://hothardware.com/News/Nonprofit-G ... -Software/
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:10 pm
by faruqkhan
Defence bolsters search for open source software
Discloses year-long 'semi-formal' OpenOffice trial.
The Department of Defence has stepped up its push for open source software to reduce its $100 million annual software licensing bill.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/268253,de ... tware.aspx
Re: linux and govt
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:00 am
by faruqkhan
BT software engineer tells how the telco is using open source
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/fea ... lco-source
How to build a sustainable nonprofit the open source way
http://opensource.com/education/11/9/ho ... source-way