Date: Thu Dec 02 2004 - 10:43:22 WET
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| Subject: | Open Source News Roundup - November 2004 |
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| Date: | Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:07:00 +0200 (EET) |
| From: | gposs@cec.eu.int |
| Reply-To: | gposs@cec.eu.int |
| To: | joaquim.machado@ine.pt |
The IDA Open Source News Roundup – November 2004
Welcome to the Open Source News Roundup. This monthly alert serves to keep you informed of additions and updates to the content on the IDA Open Source Observatory (OSO). The IDA-OSO is a clearinghouse of information related to free/libre/open source software in the public sector, and is intended to promote and spread the use of best practices in Europe. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of free and open source software policies and activities in the public sector, especially in current and future EU Member States. This service will keep you up-to-date with the latest open source software-related news, activities, initiatives and insights from across Europe and beyond.
Due to technical reasons we were unable to send out the last few newsletters. We thank you for your understanding and hope that you will find the Roundup a useful and handy source of information.
Please feel free to forward this alert to any other
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also welcome your contributions and we invite you to send in news
items, announcements for events and other stories related to open
source and of interest to public administrations to the email address
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public sector organisation and would be interested in being the subject
of a case study for best practices regarding open source software,
please contact us. All email should be sent to gposs@cec.eu.int.
News this month on the Open Source Observatory
Eindhoven reduces
expenses with open source
Dutch National
Institute for ICT in Healthcare organises meeting on open source
software in healthcare
German City of
Treuchtlingen celebrated Open Source Migration Success
Geneva moves
towards open standards
Free software:
a common good in Brest
Three most
famous European OSS leaders issue appeal against software patents
Polish Council
of Ministers withdraws support for European Software Patents Directive
EC announces
Open Standards Definition at Dutch Presidency Conference
IST 2004 – Open
Source event for Government institutions
Conference on
open source software for public authorities in Vienna
Tallinn goes
ahead with testing phase for open source on client computers
New open source
package for public authorities launched
Federal State
of Berlin chooses a pragmatic approach on open source
German city
saves costs on open source content management system
Bristol City
Council agrees to move to Star Office
Utrecht sticks
to Microsoft
Norwegian city
undertakes one of the largest Linux migrations in Europe
State of
Minnesota to look at Open Source Software
ISC reacts
favourably to the updated UK Open Source Policy
Japanese
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry promotes open source software
for desktop environment
German Alliance
of Cities and Communes supports Linux Web Portal for local Authorities
Open Source
Software used for water treatment plants by the South African
Municipality of Tshwane
Munich opens
bids for Open Source procurement
City of
Salzburg announces a successful migration to Open Source Software
Open Source
Software Study – OS on Vienna’s Desktop Workplaces
French
Department of Val d’Oise boosts open source for local authorities
Open source for
e-administration in Lille Métropole
OpenOffice-based
“housestyle” for public sector
Dutch City of
Haarlem migrates to OpenOffice
Dutch prize
awarded for “most open government”
4th Open Source
Day in Montpellier, France
FFII organises
conference on Software Patents
For more open source software-related news click here
Case Studies
Union of polder
boards and XBRL – Facilitating EMU quarterly reports with XBRL
Polder board
Zeeuws Vlaanderen: saving money with OSS
Open source in
five municipalities in Groningen
Experiences
from the Use of Skolelinux: Use of OpenSource Software at Four
Norwegian Schools
IJsselstein
municipality: open source is not an end in itself, but it is an
important means to an end
Migration to
open source software – Beaumont Hospital Dublin, Ireland
Migration to
open source software of the German Monopolies Commission
Limux – the
IT-Evolution
Events
Verbindingen/Jonctions
- 10 December,
Brussels (Belgium)
Open Source
Applications and Standards - 16 December, Sophia
Antipolis (France)
At present we do not have many event announcements. We invite you to submit information regarding free and open source software related events for publication on the IDA-OSO, by sending an email to gposs@cec.eu.int.
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