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Military enlists open source community
The U.S. Defense Department is enlisting an open source approach to software development -- an about-face for such a historically top-down organization.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/0 ... ml?hpg1=bn
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Virtual Linux desktops tapped by UN

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Six-year-old NComputing sells virtual desktop software combined with ultra-thin client devices that are touted as being easy to ship and install, require minimal maintenance, and use only a single Watt of electricity per seat (see farther below for more details). The company says it has sold over one million virtual desktops in over 140 countries in the last 24 months, and that more than 20,000 schools and millions of students are using the technology.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8966866217.html
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Open Source Adoption in Italian Public Administrations: Some Real Cases
http://robertogaloppini.net/2009/06/06/ ... eal-cases/
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Free and fair — and open source
The Electoral Enrolment Centre (EEC) found itself cited by both sides in the debate over collapsed software licence negotiations between the government and Microsoft last month.
Open source enthusiasts like Catalyst IT’s Don Christie point to the EEC system as proof that open source works for government agencies and changing away from proprietary software is not a difficult challenge.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tec ... CF0070AA1E
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DHS project aims to bring open-source software to state and local agencies
The Homeland Security Department is funding a program that will help federal, state and local agencies better understand their options for using open-source software.

DHS' Science and Technology Directorate will fund the Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) project, which will start with a one-year, $1.5 million contract and possible additional years to follow. The University of Southern Mississippi and the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) will conduct the work, and the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command will handle the contracting and help with guidance for the program.
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/06/11/dhs- ... oject.aspx
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Vancouver becomes role model for open source
Open source activists are praising the Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source motion passed by the City of Vancouver last month. City Councillor Andrea Reimer provides an update on what to expect next.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/government-u ... source-194
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Berlin art colleges switch to Linux
http://www.h-online.com/open/Berlin-art ... ews/113619
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SASSA cuts costs and improves service delivery in rural area

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SASSA cuts costs and improves service delivery in rural areas with Novell and Userful Multiplier
Omni, Lekgotla Technologies and Novell South Africa today announced the successful implementation of Userful Multiplier™ desktops in 50 rural South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices.


http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/37651
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Open Government and Open Source at the Department of Defense - Part 1
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1008 ... RCE-AT-DOD
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LiMux: Where the Munich Linux (R)evolution is today
http://blog.worldlabel.com/2009/limux-w ... today.html
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Open source adoption 'anomaly' in Philippines
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/ ... 311,00.htm


africa-fertile-ground-for-open-source
http://sinaisix.blogspot.com/2009/07/af ... ource.html
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U.S. defense agency teaching open source
It says something about open source's impact on the world when the the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency--a division in the Department of Defense--starts running seminars on how to shift to open-source software.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10311789-16.html
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Why Africa gets the IBM-Ubuntu bundle and you do not
The short version is that IBM and Canonical (Ubuntu’s commercial arm) are mainly going to load the software on government and ISP servers, then wait for the clients to come to them.

This is not how developed markets work. Developed markets work through distribution. Vendors must invest heavily to push product through the channel, as well as support it. This is why Taiwanese OEMs abandoned Linux for Windows last year.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4879

IBM opens a Linux innovation center in Kazakhstan
http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/25/ibm-o ... azakhstan/
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During Emergencies, Linux Geeks Also Care
http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/du ... also-care/
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How technology and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) movement have become key factors in Rwanda's economic growth.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6 ... child.html


Computer dream sees light of day
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital ... -gb30.html
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