linux and govt

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:33 am

Government wants to break free from Microsoft? – France shows you how.
http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/09/ ... s-you-how/

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:01 pm

Open Source and Sustainability
http://blogs.alternet.org/refugee/2010/ ... inability/

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:30 pm

Open standards policy in India: A long, but successful journey
http://opensource.com/government/10/11/ ... ul-journey

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:45 pm

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

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:37 am

Putin Orders Russian Move to GNU/Linux
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/ ... linux.html

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:34 am

Cuba sets to migrate to free, open-source software
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/w ... 669518.htm

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:37 am

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

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:52 pm

Nonprofit helps government expand open source software usage http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/0 ... ource.html

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:20 am

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

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:10 pm

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

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:41 am

Space Exploration Gets Open Sourced
http://satellite.tmcnet.com/topics/sate ... ourced.htm

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:31 pm

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

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:16 pm

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/

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:10 pm

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

faruqkhan · Post by **faruqkhan** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:00 am

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

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